Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [v-ing] at [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without meaning to , O found himself staring at them too . |
| 2 | Paige found herself blinking at him . |
| 3 | She found herself smiling at him suddenly as they gained the shelter of the sitting-room and went in search of towels . |
| 4 | ‘ It was a conversion experience , ’ he says , ‘ I had seen his carvings in a vague sort of way already [ Esterly was then a post-graduate student at Cambridge and surrounded by some of Gibbons ' best work ] but I found myself looking at them there in St James 's as if for the first time . |
| 5 | I found myself staring at her , my mind devolving from the content of the short and impersonal crematorium service . |
| 6 | Biting her lip hard to prevent herself screaming at him to stop sitting there like some damned great Buddha she busied herself finding soap powder for the machine , and in her agitation knocked the packet over , spilling powder all over the floor . |