Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at his [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Abberley looks at his own cardiograph for a time . |
| 2 | Corbett stared at his bold-faced servant . |
| 3 | Stok tugged at his fleshy chin . |
| 4 | Choking , he shifted one hand from his enemy to claw at his own throat , and instantly the fist that was strangling him heaved him roughly back from the edge and flung him down in safety at the foot of the wall . |
| 5 | All the while her thighs pumped at his quivering prick . |
| 6 | ( This was a circumstance paralleled at his own funeral , when the friends and relations of the woman he 'd been living with for part of the week since the early 1960s stole the show from us , the pathetic huddle of the family of his middle years . ) |
| 7 | The American boy stared at his empty glass , which he had drained nervously at a gulp , and looked uncertainly towards the figure of his mother fast disappearing among the crowd . |
| 8 | Cornelius worried at his top knot and Tuppe kicked his tiny bootheels against the plinth and patted his brown paper bag . |
| 9 | Mo was saying that each child progresses at his own rate , and that later lulls regularly offset the apparent advances of their early years . |
| 10 | Howard was not only thanked by Parliament for his humanity and zeal ; he even had copies of the Act printed at his own expense and distributed to all gaol keepers . |
| 11 | Graham looks at his third can of beer thoughtfully . |
| 12 | A ceremonial sword hung at his left side in a gilded scabbard and clusters of beribboned medals and star-pointed orders festooned both sides of his tunic . |
| 13 | The years spent at Cass enabled Rod Morris to evolve at his own pace and allowed his intuition the subtle space it required . |
| 14 | The years spent at Cass enabled Rod Morris to evolve at his own pace and allowed his intuition the subtle space it required . |
| 15 | FIX-IT star Sir Jimmy Savile spoke last night of his sadness over job cuts at his favourite hospital . |
| 16 | He , Lewis , was quite prepared to get the place redecorated at his own expense . |
| 17 | When he left Williams for Ferrari , I remember Frank Williams reminiscing at his annual press luncheon that he had fond memories of Alan Jones and Keke Rosberg , but that it would be some time before he had similar memories of Nigel . |
| 18 | THE teenager charged in the murder of a German tourist sobbed at his first court appearance last night as police staked out several Miami sites searching for his girlfriend and suspected accomplice . |
| 19 | Alyssia gasped at his loose rendition of the truth , and then closed her mouth as she took in Piers 's frozen expression . |
| 20 | ‘ She says you are beautiful , ’ murmured Lucenzo , and Meredith 's cheeks pinkened at his slow gaze . |
| 21 | The author presiding at his last meeting as chairman of the Arts Council in 1972 . |
| 22 | Space and air and the chance to go at his own pace , and most of all he needed to get away from the Zoo to that place which in the weeks he had been ill he had begun to sense must exist , though he knew neither its name nor where it might be . |
| 23 | The Prince and Princess put on a show by travelling in the same car as Harry starts at his new school . |
| 24 | Vic grimaces at his own reflection , as if to say : come off it , no identity crises , please . |
| 25 | The major stared at his superior officer . |
| 26 | Adam sat at his usual lunchtime table in the Savoy Grill the one discreetly opposite the main entrance , so that without seeming to do so , he saw everyone who entered the restaurant . |
| 27 | There are obvious benefits in allowing each student to go at his own pace . |
| 28 | Simon Hodgkinson levelled at his fourth goal attempt , but a late try for Ireland signalled the grandstand finish sealed by a Mike Teague try . |
| 29 | Peter Yeo was still looking out of the window , and Claudia glanced at his familiar back , too short and too broad despite the most expensive tailoring , with real anxiety , ‘ You do n't honestly think that , do you , Peter ? |
| 30 | The signalman guffawed at his own punchline then disappeared from view , closing the window after him . |