Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pron] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | A partner in her firm of solicitors knew Lord Aldington , who was then the chairman of Sun Alliance Insurance , which handled the case ; and asked him to look at it . |
| 2 | Early in the 1630s Calvert announced his conversion to Catholicism and , though Charles I valued his services and asked him to stay at court , he decided it could only cause trouble if he did so . |
| 3 | Back in August we joined forces with Cossack and asked you to look at your fella and tell us if the man of your dreams had turned into the man of your nightmares ! |
| 4 | There was a tone in his voice that Breeze had never heard before — a tone that startled her , and made her look at him with wide , bewildered eyes . |
| 5 | When she turned her head away he captured her face between strong hands and made her look at him . |
| 6 | Bending down , he stared into her face , his long fingers strangely gentle as he cupped her cheek and made her look at him . |
| 7 | Mrs Tiller suddenly pulled me out and made me stand at the side . |
| 8 | Suddenly he cut me short and took me round the room and made me look at things . |
| 9 | He admits the scheme cramped his dress sense and made him sweat at official functions , but he hopes he has given the people of Hawick ‘ a sense of purpose , pride and awareness of the quality of world-class knitwear they produce ’ . |
| 10 | I took his shoulders and made him look at me . |
| 11 | He held the mutilated carving close before Harry 's face and made him look at it . |
| 12 | Regretfully , he had to let it all pass ; he knew such behaviour would have created a bad impression with editors and got him laughed at — the thing he most feared . |
| 13 | He suddenly looked up and caught her looking at him . |
| 14 | He turned and caught her looking at him as they strolled idly along by the whispering dark Mediterranean , and impulsively he stopped and pulled her into his arms for a quick hard hug . |
| 15 | He looked up suddenly , and caught her staring at him . |
| 16 | He looked up and caught her staring at him . |
| 17 | Laura groped in her coat pocket for a scrap of hanky , and used it to dab at her eyes . |
| 18 | This series took four British families , all with the surname Smith , and used it to look at aspects of life in contemporary Britain . |
| 19 | I followed the line of the shadow along the sand , over the rocks , and found myself looking at little Paul , splashing happily about in a pool , slapping the water with a great flat bit of wood almost as big as he was . |
| 20 | He waited thirty seconds before glancing sideways again , and found her dabbing at her face , trying hard not to sniff . |
| 21 | Gulping down a breath , she lifted her lids — and found him looking at her . |
| 22 | ‘ Good luck , ’ he called , and found himself looking at Nell . |
| 23 | Peter opened one at random and found himself looking at a photograph of Kate . |
| 24 | Francis lifted his head above the edge of the display and found himself staring at a confusing picture of pipes and girders . |
| 25 | She asked herself which of them she should phone and found herself trembling at the thought of phoning any of them . |
| 26 | Beth shuffled her feet in the awkward silence and found herself looking at the second man more closely . |
| 27 | She was still sick at heart when she passed down through the last glade and found herself staring at the Lodge 's covert thatch , its closed door , She stood for a time in the yard outside , afraid to enter . |
| 28 | She stood motionless , waiting for the two to break apart , and found herself staring at the girl from whom Niall was now gently detaching himself . |
| 29 | She swung round , empty syringe still in her hand , and found herself staring at Robert Sheldrake . |
| 30 | She 's got some and told her to stay at home . |