Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] at his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seated himself at his desk and , as usual , resorted to holding open a book — this time it was Who 's Who — turning a page to and fro . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm incredibly romantic , ’ said Guy when he greets me at his door holding a bunch of carnations in one hand and a book of poetry by John Keats in the other . |
| 3 | He ignores them at his peril . |
| 4 | He felt it at his face and his fingers and his back and his arms , felt it at his buttocks and privates and thighs . |
| 5 | ‘ Burdened ’ as he put it at his trial , ‘ with the intolerable knowledge of my own beastliness ! ’ |