Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the doors slid open he glanced at the middle-aged couple who got out but then stared straight ahead again . |
| 2 | It might be said truthfully he died at the high point of his fame ! |
| 3 | He takes his time strolling over , and when he gets here he sits at the far end of the bench like he does n't know me . |
| 4 | Instinctively he clutched at the nylon-clad mound . |
| 5 | Then he looked at the dead woman . |
| 6 | Then he looked at the old eagle again and shaking his head said , ‘ During the last war when I was a prisoner I knew men who were nearer to death than this and yet by some force of will or perhaps some power greater than us they survived . |
| 7 | He gave me a look which made me wonder if the leather riding gear was knife-proof , then he sprang at the internal phone and pressed two buttons . |
| 8 | Those light eyes rested on her as if he was making a mental sketch of her face ; then he glanced at the slim gold watch on his wrist . |
| 9 | Then he glanced at the fat woman carrying the naked-heeler . |
| 10 | Again and again he fails at the offending cornice until , half-buried , half-dead , there is no snow left , the axes bite and he is up . |