Example sentences of "[adv] and [v-ing] at [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A hand fastened like an iron clamp on my shoulder and I was flung off her , Ward bending down and shouting at her , ‘ Ye silly , stupid bitch ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Luke will , ’ Anna said unfairly , turning away and looking at her beautifully dug earth , and thinking how much she would just like to lie down on it and sleep . |
| 3 | I mean , there she was nodding away and smiling at me , and Ollie , poor old dimwit braindead Ollie , actually jumped to the conclusion that these outward behavioural ties were reliable indicators of reciprocated attraction . |
| 4 | The kids at my new school all went round in little gangs , spoiling for a fight — nothing serious , just pushing other kids over and jeering at them . |
| 5 | It 's no good coming over and looking at me like that Rick . |
| 6 | It is a bit like using spectacles to see with , and taking them off and looking at them . |
| 7 | I remember Trevor [ Howard ] just standing up and looking at him , mouthing a bad word and walking out of the room . |
| 8 | Maggie announced , sitting up and looking at him seriously . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm going to help you , ’ he said , jumping up and smiling at her . |
| 10 | ‘ Hello , my dearies ! ’ said the tramp , sitting up and squinting at them . |
| 11 | At other times , mostly when he smiled in that particular way of Tyler 's , leaning his head sideways and looking at her with incredible love in his sparkling green eyes , she found it unbelievably painful . |
| 12 | He sat there for quite a while , grinning at her , then looking away , then looking back and grinning at her again . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've never known such a miserable bride , ’ she went on , standing back and looking at me with some affection , but more disapproval . |
| 14 | ‘ What you on about ? ’ she said , leaning back and looking at him . |
| 15 | Every trip to the door was an expedition and it was acutely exasperating to arrive there and see only a little figure in the distance dancing about and grimacing at me . |
| 16 | He seemed fascinated by his hands ; he was flexing the fingers rhythmically and gazing at them as if they could tell him something important about himself . |
| 17 | He pronounced took like a curse , and mimed the bad men looking by jutting his head forward and glaring at her like a demented goldfish . |
| 18 | He came back and sat down , raising his glass again and staring at me intently . |
| 19 | Yes I think you saw there Whitlow 's respect for Collimore he does n't want him to get turn round and running at him because big Stan 's got great touch and he 's got very very he 's got explosive pace . |