Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] at the [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | He glanced contemptuously at the unconscious man . |
| 2 | Connon stared down at the young man in the picture as if he was looking at a stranger and trying to analyse what made him seem vaguely familiar . |
| 3 | Behind the screen Wycliffe looked down at the dead man : middle or late forties , probably above average height , bony , but with a tendency to corpulence sedentary : the disease of modern man . |
| 4 | First the social worker went in at the old man 's request , and tried to persuade the daughter and son-in-law to leave . |
| 5 | Captain Lionel Dunbar looked reproachfully at the young man seated opposite him . |
| 6 | Agnes looked up at the young man and simpered . |
| 7 | Ebert looked up at the big man defiantly , spitting the words back at him . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , Dr Markham , I was , ’ she nodded then looked back at the other man . |
| 9 | He looked twice at the hurrying man , but decided that , like the others , he was what he seemed to be . |
| 10 | Tsu Ma looked across at the young man , interested . |
| 11 | Confounded by this reply , Oscar looked across at the other man to see that he was n't looking at the stars at all , but was still busying himself with the body . |
| 12 | Carrie leaned on the table and looked closely at the middle-aged man sitting facing her . |
| 13 | I looked round the room , then I looked again at the old man . |
| 14 | He smiled hopefully at the gaunt man beside him . |