Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [pers pn] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were even cooler than Fred , ’ she said , laughing at him admiringly and leaning her two dogs against her as if they were supporting a fine book . |
| 2 | The gold-rimmed spectacles were glinting at her again and this time angrily . |
| 3 | I hope that the Secretary of State will look again at the figures , instead of looking at them superficially as he has done , to see that , in the past five years , the incidence of passenger train collisions has increased by 40 per cent . |
| 4 | There was no need to say ‘ a ’ ball , ‘ a ’ window , since the researcher was looking at them too and so they were , in common to both viewers , ‘ the ’ ball , ‘ the ’ window , Were researcher and student both watching an actual event in which someone kicked a ball through a window ; the use of ‘ the ’ would be obvious and the ‘ frame ’ as it were would not need to be drawn . |
| 5 | The little horse was the most extraordinary thing that had ever happened to him in all his life , appearing like that in the torchlight and looking at him even before it was wholly born , as if to say , ‘ Hi , mate . ’ |
| 6 | But standing in the blast of the storm and looking at him even though its ravaged eye sockets contained no eyes . |
| 7 | He saw Mary , standing by the doorway , looking at him directly as he rode towards her , unflinching in her look at this stranger whose jingling tackle whinnied against the soft crush of the accustomed evening sounds of the valley , the sun behind him and he , as he drew near , as intent on her . |
| 8 | She was looking at him questioningly but he could see she had caught his drift . |
| 9 | She paused , then changed the subject by looking at him expectantly as she said , ‘ Have n't you things to show me about the running of this office ? ’ |
| 10 | She paused , looking at him thoughtfully as she went on , ‘ Now you know why I 'm here . |
| 11 | No-one said much to me at tea , although I caught them looking at me sometimes as they sipped at their mugs . |
| 12 | She was somewhat startled to find a waiter knocking on her door very soon and he came in bearing a tray of tea and a pain-killer , looking at her sadly and murmuring his regrets . |
| 13 | Still , they were looking at her rather than me . |
| 14 | She knew that Christie Goldsborough was looking at her strangely and that other people , somewhere in the room — pushing into the doorway to see what was going on — were looking at her too . |
| 15 | He was looking at her affectionately and he had n't taken his hand off her shoulder . |
| 16 | She was looking at the gentleman , and he was looking at her now and as he inclined his head he said , ‘ Thank you for your service . ’ |
| 17 | looking at it again and again and again . |
| 18 | As we dropped down towards Gunnerside , rabbits exploded in all directions and Bill had so many to choose from he lay down confused , unable to make his mind up , looking at us pitifully as though we could make up his mind for him . |
| 19 | It means that you do n't get the good views of the Cove until you 've reached Malham Beck , but I think that it 's better doing the walk this way round than going at it clockwise and having to clamber down the scar . |
| 20 | But when someone tried to test the security of the spare wheel attached to the side of the body by pulling at it roughly and then , intrigued by the pair of leather driving-gauntlets resting on the front seat , fitted them on and passed them around for general examination he decided it was time to leave . |
| 21 | She went on sitting there staring at him long after he was back on the floor . |
| 22 | These kids was coming at us once and six of them grabbed hold of me and when I turned round all the others had fucked off and left me to get a kicking … |
| 23 | ‘ And you should watch that tongue , Margaret Howard , ’ Richie rasped , glaring at her now that she had hit unerringly at his weak spot . |
| 24 | For Naylor Massingham looked far from amused , and was in fact glowering at her darkly as he rapped toughly , ‘ The purpose of my wanting to see you , Miss Everett , was to give you verbal warning that unless your work improves you 're out ! ’ |
| 25 | Then he went to another drawer and extracted a piece of paper , squinting at it carefully before he handed it over . |
| 26 | The last thing she saw was the audience of men gazing at her curiously as her body was handled like a lump of meat . |
| 27 | Knoydart is a delight , looking mouth-watering from the Glenfinnan tops , and you can keep gazing at it longingly as you walk west from Sgurr Thuilm , round the rim of its heroic corrie towards Sgurr nan Coireachan . |
| 28 | She was n't changing her plans and returning , yet she seemed to be angrily tugging at me just as I was turning away . |
| 29 | She began to bite her nails , chewing at them viciously until the blood welled up . |
| 30 | She found herself smiling at him suddenly as they gained the shelter of the sitting-room and went in search of towels . |