Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [v-ing] at [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked around and saw that the third man was now lying over the roof of the light blue car and firing at them with what he took to be an M1 carbine . |
| 2 | Making hats for a living and looking at them all day long has mellowed her taste somewhat . |
| 3 | The little horse was the most extraordinary thing that had ever happened to him in all his life , appearing like that in the torchlight and looking at him even before it was wholly born , as if to say , ‘ Hi , mate . ’ |
| 4 | By discussing children 's work and looking at it together I hope to help you to learn to discriminate between the good and the precocious . |
| 5 | But standing in the blast of the storm and looking at him even though its ravaged eye sockets contained no eyes . |
| 6 | He could see by the dark light that came down from the night sky , a sky that glowed with vivid city lights , that on stands in nearby cages other eagles were listening to his story and staring at him silently . |
| 7 | Sometimes a particularly bold individual will risk a real attack , swooping in from behind the owl and striking at its plumage . |
| 8 | ‘ If I were to treat you like Dresden china , placing you on a pedestal and worshipping at your feet , would she believe you were in love with me ? ’ |
| 9 | As a baby she earned the dubious nickname of anklebiter after trailing around after her mum and grabbing at her legs . |
| 10 | Can I help by uttering a stangled cry and falling at your feet ? |
| 11 | Nor did he take colleague John McEnroe to task for abusing the Swiss non-playing captain , hitting balls at their team and gesturing at them with his racket . |
| 12 | Ironic compliments were paid to Pierre , Donna and Raoul for the potency and effect of their acting and Raoul played for sympathy and looked nobly forgiving , holding a handkerchief to his nose and peering at it for blood , of which there seemed to be not much . |
| 13 | Therefore , you should train to lift the level of aerobic endurance by selecting a training routine and working at it until your pulse rate is raised to the top of the aerobic band . |
| 14 | Uncle Philip broke the armour off a pink battalion of shrimps and ate them steadily , chewed through a loaf of bread spread with half a pound of butter and helped himself to the lion 's share of the cake while gazing at her with expressionless satisfaction , apparently deriving a certain pleasure from her discomfort , or even finding that the sight of it improved his appetite . |
| 15 | I would like to take this opportunity to inform you of the high standard achieved by your service engineer , Dick Churcher [ Healthcare Atherstone ] for his attitude and appearance whilst working at our depots . |
| 16 | In her mind there was a set of events which includes reading about a work of art and looking at it . |
| 17 | ‘ More like a full metamorphosis , ’ he drawled , leaning back against the huge , craggy trunk of the tree and gazing at her with wicked eyes . |
| 18 | He wore the usual faded , dun-coloured every-day clothes of the peasant and labourer , coarse woollen chausses and short homespun tunic , with a capuchon pushed back from his head and dangling at his back ; but the belt that circled his hips was of finely-tooled leather , and had straps to attach both sword and dagger , though he wore neither ; and his boots were knee-high , and also of soft leather , no doubt hand-worked somewhere in Wales , from native deerskin . |
| 19 | Through the open door I could see Harry hanging on to the horse 's head and staring at me with frightened eyes . |
| 20 | Cos she 's gone mad and they put it on her , right , and they , they 're holding her and they 're tapping out of the stage sidewards and she 's sort of like going like this , she , she , thinks all these nice men 'll love me and then like at the end of the show you see them , they 're tapping her out of the studio and putting her into a van and she 's still wearing a straight jacket and smiling at you . |
| 21 | The lads were nudging each other and pointing at me . |
| 22 | ‘ I felt people were nudging each other and pointing at me and saying , ‘ Him , the juvenile lead ? ’ |
| 23 | The actions directed towards the cloth are identical with those performed by a tiny kitten when feeding at its mother 's nipple . |
| 24 | This made it appear that he threw the ball when bowling at his fastest ; when he reduced his pace he was relatively innocuous . |
| 25 | I said , where next ? ’ the DS repeated , blowing out a stream of smoke and looking at his companion . |
| 26 | The Woman smashing him to the ground and beating at his face . |
| 27 | Tock was striking at the cogs at the top of the pole , banging the machinery and shouting at it like a crazy old man . |
| 28 | Even my teasing was nice , even my sneering and spitting at him . |
| 29 | He was wearing a tin helmet and staring at something on the wall , a picture . |
| 30 | ‘ Now , sir , ’ she says , walking round the chair and looking at me like she 's a real barber . |