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 ?
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