Example sentences of "at [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | I felt this was a chance for me to put to rest one way or another this thing that had been nagging at me for such a long time . ’ |
2 | She looked at me for several seconds without speaking , and then said , ‘ Well , Molly , we all think you treat life as a joke ! ’ |
3 | Almost every part of my infuriating body seemed to be nagging at me for some sort of attention . |
4 | ‘ If ever I catch another man looking at me with that look which means ‘ You 're mine , all mine ’ I shall kill him , because I 'm not his all his at all . |
5 | The girl who is almost as silent as me and looks at me with such horror . |
6 | Sometimes I would catch her looking at me with such intensity of feeling that my breath left me for a moment . |
7 | I handed her the drink and she smiled at me with all her splendid teeth and said , " Thank you . |
8 | Quigley gave what I can only describe as an eldritch screech and came at me with both arms , legs and the front bit of his head . |
9 | An' there it stayed , starin' at me with those great lizard eyes , from start o' loadin' to t' finish of it . |
10 | Wilson stared at me with those piercing eyes . |
11 | No , no , do n't interrupt me and look at me with those wild eyes . |
12 | When other people made a fuss of him , he hardly bothered with them , preferring to go over to wherever I might be and just sit there looking at me with those eyes . |
13 | You 're very beautiful , very provocative , when you look at me with those flirting eyes . ’ |
14 | And then , ‘ Oh , eat your lunch and stop looking at me with those great spaniel eyes . |
15 | She do n't say nothing to me , she just looks at me with these big eyes . |
16 | So do n't come back at me with any crap about my specific orders . |
17 | This afternoon — I arrived in Salisbury at around three thirty — when I entered my address in her register as ‘ Darlington Hall ’ , I could see her look at me with some trepidation , assuming no doubt that I was some gentleman used to such places as the Ritz or the Dorchester and that I would storm out of her guest house on being shown my room . |
18 | ‘ I 've never known such a miserable bride , ’ she went on , standing back and looking at me with some affection , but more disapproval . |
19 | I tried to drive on , but he came at me with some story of having run out of petrol . |
20 | He looked at me with some care . |
21 | He was not looking at me at all . |
22 | In fact he had not bothered to look at me at all . |
23 | She kept her eyes lowered to make sure that she did not look at me at this moment , at my own quite irrelevant scars . |
24 | As he was saying goodbye today , I saw him open his mouth and look at me in that way . |
25 | So do not look at me in that accusing way , little sister ! ’ |
26 | Goreng looked at me in some surprise . |
27 | He sent her a glare that was full of suspicion , then demanded abruptly , ‘ You would n't be laughing at me by any chance ? |
28 | A thing slid hugely over the crest of a nearby ridge , and gazed at me from several eyes . |
29 | ‘ But do n't look at me like that . |
30 | He must have sensed that I was looking at him , he suddenly glanced at me out of the corner of his eyes and , still cleaning the mess tin with his finger , he said quietly , ‘ Why are you staring at me like that , Piper ? |