Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Of course I asked him to look carefully at the locked room , but we did n't find anything important . ’
2 Mr Trippier , who was said to be expressing the views of his constituents , wrote to Mr Kenneth Clarke on November 24 asking him to look again at the original 6.5 per cent pay offer , saying it was not fair .
3 Angel 's fingers drummed angrily on the steering wheel as he gazed moodily at the long , straight road ahead of them .
4 He peered carefully at the slim frail woman who stood so resolutely out on the porch .
5 He poked warily at the dark mound .
6 Sometimes you make a mistake , and you are not a Bisu at all , but simply what they " — he gestured resignedly at the howling spectators — " call us all anyway , just " lady boys " ! "
7 He gestured vaguely at the upper reaches of seats .
8 He nodded politely at the astonished face that Glyn turned on him and moved to the door .
9 He frowned angrily at the old gentleman , and asked sharply ,
10 He smiles slightly at the vague feeling of hope he now feels .
11 Rostov reached for the flat permahide envelope which contained his orders and for a moment he brushed absently at the crisp new admiral 's stripe on his sleeve .
12 He knocked softly at the front door .
13 Faldo still enjoyed a three-stroke cushion , but the pumped-up Australian resembled an executioner as he hacked away at the Open champion 's lead .
14 He glanced briefly at the written note , put it aside and went on with the meeting .
15 He glanced aside at the ginger-haired twins .
16 The casual offensiveness of the governor 's remarks was evident to the senator even before his aide finished his translation ; he glanced sharply at the Annamese , but it was impossible to gauge their reactions from their impassive faces .
17 He glanced across at the strange boy again .
18 His weariness rebelled against the prospect and he glanced across at the opposite window in search of some clue as to his whereabouts .
19 He glanced across at the waiting technicians and dismissed them with a gesture .
20 He glanced contemptuously at the unconscious man .
21 Meanwhile he blazed away at the tumbling dots of metal with a grim obsession .
22 He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1837 and 1884 , showing a total of thirty-six pictures .
23 He exhibited occasionally at the Royal Academy and became a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects ‘ at a very early period of [ the ] Institution ’ .
24 The cold crept up his body as he clutched fruitlessly at the insubstantial wood .
25 He looked carefully at the little black notes on their thin black lines .
26 He looked pensively at the topmost one again , and summoned his chief of spies .
27 He looked away at the dense thicket where the three hounds were working .
28 On his way he passed the church , where he looked closely at the old tower door .
29 He looked unseeingly at the beautiful face across the table , hearing the echo of his quarrel with Francesca , feeling his mind still chuntering on in justification of the anger that had led him to cut off all possibility of their holiday next week .
30 He looked sidelong at the black box , half expecting it to explode or emit strange musical tones .
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