Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] at [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His right hand was half hidden by the cover flap of the holster that he wore at his belt . |
| 2 | The way in which the contours of objects are continually broken in Cézanne 's painting reinforces the impression that he looked at his subject from more than one position . |
| 3 | He put a hand into a pocket of his elegant duster coat and brought out a small .22 pistol that he pointed at my face . |
| 4 | That he emerged at his door shaking is not in doubt . |
| 5 | He was cutting his journey fine and it was only by actually jogging from Friedrichstrasse , and feeling a fool for doing so , apart from almost breaking his neck by slipping on the icy pavement , that he arrived at his office before the ominous red line was drawn . |
| 6 | It was thus that he arrived at his figure of six hundred and twenty thousand three hundred and thirty one pounds to the overall cost of future care in this case . |
| 7 | He only came to life when she began unbuttoning his trousers , for as she touched his fly buttons , so he grabbed at his belt . |
| 8 | Once he looked at his watch to see how long it would be before he was relieved . |
| 9 | And he had at his disposal almost an embarrassment rather than a shortage of political experience . |
| 10 | Like a dutiful citizen , I checked in with the Usher and he looked at his clipboard and said there would be about a fifteen-minute wait , so why did n't I take a seat ? |
| 11 | And he looked at his gun . |
| 12 | The broken whisky-bottle neck fell to the carpet and he clutched at his chest , as if in imitation of Cardiff . |
| 13 | Alexandra took her father over every inch of her domain and he nodded at her enthusiasm , but if he was at all impressed by what she did , what she planned , he gave no sign . |
| 14 | Merlyn handed her husband a tea towel and he scrubbed at his shirt with it . |
| 15 | I went over and he caught at my tunic with one hand . |
| 16 | Now he sat out on the porch with his chair tilted back and his feet up on the rail , and he sipped at his beer as he watched the patterns of sunlight on the forest over on the far side of the track . |
| 17 | ‘ He has many gifts , Medoc , and he has at his beck a wardrobe of enchantments . |
| 18 | He smiled a little , and with the ice broken they discussed dogs until he looked at his watch and said he would have to go . |
| 19 | Even now the magnetism that drew her to him was so strong that if he knocked at her door and said he 'd changed his mind , in spite of everything , it might take more amor proprio than she could muster to refuse him . |
| 20 | If he called at her house in the morning on the pretext of enquiring after Mr Bradshaw and asked her straight out , in front of her mother , to walk with him to the theatre , she 'd have to accept . |
| 21 | so er , cos me heart was in me mouth when they come up for Christmas , and that 's the last time they were up I thought me tree 's gon na go over , you know , I thought if he pulls at me tree or anything , but , he was , he was as good as gold for not , he was n't trying to get me ornaments or anything , he was er , you know , just happy to play with his own toys , so he was n't naughty . |
| 22 | Roderick Newall , 27 , wearing the tie of his old regiment , the Royal Green Jackets , showed no emotion at the verdict but he smiled at his lawyer when the court ruled against costs . |
| 23 | Because he sat at his desk from early morning until night he was not getting around to see what was happening among the ordinary people : and many of his henchmen were using their positions of power for personal or family advantage . |
| 24 | Still in severe pain , Mick 's off work for at least a week , while he recovers at his sister 's house in Moredon . |
| 25 | In that narrow sense , Reagan was right when he insisted at his testimony , as on every previous occasion , that ‘ no-one has proven to me that there was a diversion . ’ |
| 26 | He seemed to be having difficulty with the second pint , and had only drunk a third of it when he looked at his watch . |
| 27 | His eyes flashed wide as he said it , and when he looked at his wife it was with unfeigned admiration . |
| 28 | Whether , when he looked at his reflection in the mirror , he saw beyond the glass into that other place behind the eyes . |
| 29 | When he looked at his hand there was a bright red weal across the palm … he held his hand under the cold tap . |
| 30 | And , although she was irritated by his refusal to believe her , against her will she was still mesmerised by the blue eyes that stared so intently into her own , felt warmth steal through her when he glanced at her mouth . |