Example sentences of "he stood [verb] at " in BNC.

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1 Before Rincewind could stop him the dragonrider had leapt from the creature 's back to land on the platform , where he stood grinning at the wizard 's discomfiture .
2 When he reached the stone he stood looking at it , shifting it with his foot .
3 He stood looking at them in silence , his leather bag in his hand , tweed suit smelling strongly of pipe tobacco .
4 He did n't look at me , he stood looking at the doors .
5 They got out and he stood looking at it for a moment or two before he walked to the door after Mary Rose .
6 He stood looking at her in his dark , gloomy way .
7 He stood looking at her in silence for a few moments and then gave a funny little smile , ruffled her hair and said :
8 He stood looking at Fael-Inis from the corners of his eyes , like a trapped hare .
9 He stood looking at her , and she was drawn towards him , pulled by chains .
10 He stood looking at her .
11 He stood looking at the floor , examining the toes of his shoes with an expression of deep concern on his face .
12 The bubble of his anger had burst , and he stood looking at her , doubt shading the blue of his eyes now .
13 He stood gazing at the words , and at first they made no sense to him , apart from the ominous mention of death , and death of intent , not the quiet closing of a life like Donata 's passing .
14 Smoothing out the paper he stood staring at it , reading it over and over again , all the while drumming his fingers agitatedly on the grams phone top .
15 He stood staring at me , the dry look .
16 He stood staring at us .
17 She watched him hug the child to him , then straighten up , and now he stood glaring at her for a moment .
18 He stood glowering at her dangerously ; then abruptly shoved the cup on to the windowsill , among some geraniums that stood there in pots , and sat down at the table .
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