Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] at her " in BNC.
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| 1 | My worries melted as I looked at her . |
| 2 | As I looked at her , I thought of her shrinking , like someone in a fairytale , and how one day I might hold her in the palm of my hand with her little voice squeaking commands at me as if she was a mouse I 'd picked up in the garden . |
| 3 | As I stared at her wondering what had caused the condition , I decided that it must be some kind of vitamin deficiency . |
| 4 | I felt really emotional as I gazed at her , realising how fast my pretty little girl was growing up . |
| 5 | As you looked at her more and more insects swarmed on to her ; then , as the weight grew too much for the insects underneath to cling to her smooth skin , great black cakes of them flaked away and fell fizzing to the ground . |
| 6 | Your hatred of my mother disappeared as you looked at her . |
| 7 | Some day you 'll come across her and you 'll know it , as soon as you look at her , you 'll know it . |
| 8 | More fac more factual than er er as she gazes at her , you know , her two kiddies playing |
| 9 | There was no readable expression on her face , but Marjorie felt an unease as she looked at her , as though the woman were watching her through narrowed lids . |
| 10 | Long moments later he lifted his head from hers , his eyes darker than ever as they gazed at her . |
| 11 | Even if he now commanded her , as he was undressing , to open her eyes she would not see his powerful , barrel-chested body as it came at her . |
| 12 | A WOMAN stabbed her husband in the back as he laughed at her , a court heard . |
| 13 | There was a harshness in his voice , echoed in the depths of his eyes as he glared at her . |
| 14 | He grinned as he came at her again . |
| 15 | ‘ Please go , ’ Alexandra said , fielding the lion as he plunged at her , ‘ I 'll call for help if I need it . |
| 16 | As he looked at her , his face closed over with a faintly embarrassed incredulity . |
| 17 | Joe was not smiling as he looked at her . |
| 18 | As he looked at her , preparing to bargain all over again , there was a splat ! of sparks from the light , a high-pitched sizzle , and then darkness . |
| 19 | The vicious force which was now her essence and to which she gave the name of hatred ( only this was too narrow and too petty a name to describe it ) was directed upon Jack : Jack on whom daily , as he looked at her sometimes so anxiously , so humbly , she smiled the smile of reassurance and of calm . |
| 20 | ‘ How lovely she is , ’ he thought for the thousandth time , as he looked at her fondly . |
| 21 | As he looked at her , slumped awkwardly in sleep , he tried without success to put his finger on that indefinable something which made this girl so totally English . |
| 22 | You know — ’ He pulled in his chin as he looked at her before continuing , ‘ It 's odd , but none of the other girls I 've brought to the house over the years have seemed to arouse your animosity . |
| 23 | She held his gaze as he looked at her . |
| 24 | His eyes flickered as he looked at her , and she knew he was searching his mind for a joke . |
| 25 | He laughed and kissed her again , and she could sense the relief in his words and in his eyes , as he looked at her with tenderness . |
| 26 | Yet his expression as he looked at her and the strength with which he seized her arm made her uncomfortably aware of their isolated position . |
| 27 | His eyes narrowed as he looked at her , and seemed to glow with fury , their brown tint lightening almost to gold . |
| 28 | He smiled again , his eyes hooding as he looked at her . |
| 29 | His eyes narrowed as he looked at her . |
| 30 | Luke 's face changed as he looked at her . |