Example sentences of "be [v-ing] at he " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the odd tension which had been nagging at him seemed to be increasing . |
| 2 | There 's some worry about something — either he 's not going to be able to do the work , someone 's going to laugh or has been laughing at him , he does n't think the teacher 's going to understand , and it 's generally a terrible problem first thing in the morning to get him to get ready and get to school . |
| 3 | Gerrard had been looking at him with a gradually spreading grin on his face , and now he thumped George on the back with great bonhomie and beamed with immense satisfaction . |
| 4 | She did n't want him to know that she had been looking at him . |
| 5 | He was making her act like a gauche schoolgirl — Aurora Blake , who could hold thousands spellbound with the power of her voice , who could mix happily with kings and commoners — stammering apologetically because a man who had wandered unwanted and uninvited into her garden knew she 'd been looking at him ! |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been looking at him since the start of the season . |
| 7 | Bet bloody Matt 's been getting at him probably knew the camera had caught him looking shit-scared . |
| 8 | And he ca n't get the note out of his pocket and his trousers are all stuck to his bum , and he ca n't get them out and he 's digging it looks like he 's digging out his pants he 's going he pulls it out and takes the envelope off nearly and the waves are coming at him and he goes to read it and the wind blows it away . |
| 9 | Her glance rested on him only for a matter of seconds , yet his face could not have registered more in her mind had she been staring at him for an hour . |
| 10 | He was across the road and halfway back down Fleet Street before it occurred to him that they had been staring at him like that because they thought he was trying to push in at the head of the queue . |
| 11 | ‘ If you continue to look at me like that we sha n't make it any further than the nearest bed , ’ he murmured , and Claudia jumped ; she had been staring at him hungrily . |
| 12 | ‘ Is anything wrong ? ’ he queried , and Belinda realised that she had been staring at him in silence for far too long , as she tried to decide what to say . |
| 13 | Aware that she had been staring at him for rather a long time , she blinked and asked hastily , ‘ Did you sort out your business ? ’ |
| 14 | Everyone in Rosington seemed to be laughing at him behind his back . |
| 15 | And do n't you be laughing at him , our Nell . |
| 16 | A few men at the bar were watching him and seemed to be laughing at him . |
| 17 | One of the seneschal 's two right pupils seemed to be looking at him . |
| 18 | Quiss narrowed his eyes at the pupil which seemed to be looking at him . |
| 19 | And here 's me , I 'm looking at him , she 's going you 're so cool you beat your dog , in n it ? |
| 20 | Its mouth was open and it seemed to be grinning at him . |
| 21 | ‘ Because all the old cats will be sniggering at him behind his back , that 's why . |
| 22 | And he certainly did n't expect the said Britton to be pointing at him in a manner usually affected by people like Darth Vader or Banquo . |
| 23 | Driving through unfamiliar London streets had been nerve-racking enough — vehicles and flashing lights seemed to be coming at him from all angles — but with two kidnap victims in the back , his brain refused to function rationally . |
| 24 | The eyes seemed to be staring at him with peculiar intensity , as though he were a rare specimen whose every move must be observed . |
| 25 | Out of sheer perversity , the thinking human seems impelled to say something contrary to whatever received opinion has been yelling at him . |
| 26 | Then Riven asked the question that had been gnawing at him for the last day : ‘ What about Murtach ? ’ |
| 27 | This often happened when he thought that one or all of us were laughing at him , especially if he interpreted our teasing as mocking his intelligence . |
| 28 | Hugh was aware that the sailors lining the rail of the ship were laughing at him . |
| 29 | ‘ Part of him would be very pleased that you were laughing at him . |
| 30 | They were looking at him with an air that mingled irony and respect . |