Example sentences of "[vb past] at [noun prp] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The museum man placed his fingertips together and nodded at Davide as he took trouble to explain , and the colour flowed back from Davide 's cheeks and he slipped the coin into his pocket , with its two faces that were neither mirror images of one another , nor replicas , but a false double , an inexact repeat . |
| 2 | The Test series began at Edgbaston as it was to continue — with a thumping . |
| 3 | He glanced at Belinda as he spoke and she turned quickly to the glucose monitoring kit to put it away . |
| 4 | She barely glanced at Juliet as she crossed the room to the curtained bed . |
| 5 | He glanced at Newman as he stood up . |
| 6 | He said aloud , ‘ rom all the somewhat diffuse information , indeed , from the paucity of information — ’ he glanced at Cowley as he said this , ‘ that has been made available to me , one thing does remain clear . |
| 7 | Caroline glanced at Nicolo as they strolled from vendor to vendor . |
| 8 | And he glanced at Graham as he pushed copies of the two London evening papers across the desk . |
| 9 | The porter accepted his tip gratefully , nodded and glanced at Donna as he left , smiling approvingly when her back was turned . |
| 10 | From floor to ceiling , along its entire length , tens of thousands of expressionless faces stared at Bernice as she hurried away from the circular chamber . |
| 11 | He looked at Kate as he said this and the message was quite clear to her . |
| 12 | But — ’ She turned and looked at Aggie as she ended slowly , ‘ But it was n't like the house we had in Durham . |
| 13 | He looked at Elinor as he brought the chicken to the table . |
| 14 | There was a moment of silence , and then the old lady , her tone returning to normal , looked at Grace as she said , ‘ Now , Grace , when the meal is over and there 's all this tosh about the ladies rising so the men can enjoy their port and cigars , here 's one who is staying behind because I 'm dying for a cigarette . |
| 15 | I looked at Jean-Claude as he gave me these instructions and I saw a side of him I did not recognize . |
| 16 | Derek looked at Charlotte as he sat down , but all she could manage was the faintest of smiles . |
| 17 | Shaking her hand off his arm , he looked at Keith as he went into the dining-room . |
| 18 | She looked at John as she spoke and he looked back at her and smiled . |
| 19 | He looked at Carrie as he set the candle down to give himself two free hands for the goose . |
| 20 | She smiled at Sharpe as he twisted the Prince 's horse towards the archway . |
| 21 | She smiled at Michael as she rattled it . |
| 22 | She smiled at Hari as she moved towards the stairs , there was no order book but from now on there would be one and , if today was anything to go by , it would always be full . |
| 23 | He winked at Ruth as he indicated the place where she might sit and then , having settled them all to his liking , he fetched the food from the carriage . |
| 24 | One woman juror winked at Liberace as she returned for the verdict . |
| 25 | He winked at Nigger as he passed . |
| 26 | They stopped walking and Miranda gazed at Miles as he broke into full song . |
| 27 | She glared at Hank as he stood by the front door ready to open it for the paper 's representatives , and tried not to scream while these gentlemen put on their boots again . |
| 28 | At this Faye sat up , flinging aside covers , in one movement , like a swimmer surfacing , and she glared at Alice as she had at poor Monica . |
| 29 | One of them whistled at Tabitha as she squeezed by . |