Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.

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1 I heard him growling at the crowd .
2 I watched her sipping at the stuff , making faces .
3 So far as I can reconstruct events , I was gazing at the water jug when the exchange started ; I discovered I was smiling when I realized that Anne was watching me ; whereupon I looked at her interrogatively ; she looked at the water jug with a slight frown ; Millie glanced at each of us in turn , then picked up her dessert spoon and studied that instead ; I watched her smiling at the spoon ; which made me start smiling again ; which made Anne start looking at me again ; which … kept us all occupied throughout the main course .
4 When I saw him dancing at the Saturday night disco at the Turtle Bay Hilton I thought I had discovered how it was he managed to survive those horrendous wipeouts .
5 ‘ Fair enough — I kept you waiting at the Company office .
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