Example sentences of "he [verb] at the [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they passed through the hall , she saw him glance at the picture that was hanging there , and asked him on an impulse if he knew who the original was . |
| 2 | And he laughs at the idea that the Prince of Darkness will now become King of the Castle . |
| 3 | ‘ As sure as hell not to see through , that 's a fact ! ’ he ripped into her flatly , and , before she could draw breath , he prodded at the folder that lay on his desk and rapped , ‘ You read perfectly well from this file — without your glasses — the night I delivered it to your apartment ! ’ |
| 4 | And Beuno said nothing , but he looked at him as mildly as he looks at the trout that he catches in the stream , and the doctor said , ‘ Until tomorrow ’ , and he left , and Beuno watched him go as mildly as he watches the sheep when he frees them from where they are caught in the hedge . |
| 5 | Has he looked at the way that they are used by individual police forces ? |
| 6 | He winced at the insinuation that he was past it . |
| 7 | His armour of cynicism was shown up as useless ; all he could feel was how desperately he had wanted the job and how bitter he felt at the injustice that had taken it away from him . |
| 8 | He looked at the watch that Pooley had provided . |
| 9 | He had been smiling at the screen , an expression which fell with such abruptness from his face when he looked at the doorway that Zambia was convinced SHe heard it hit the floor with a crack . |
| 10 | The young eagle trembled with fear , and then shivered with cold and loneliness as he looked at the cage that surrounded him , and above to where the bars and wire mesh stood out harshly against the lowering sky . |
| 11 | He tore at the roots that were pinioning his ankles , breaking his thick horn nails in the process , but the roots held and it seemed to the two watching Renascians , that the Tree Spirits swayed and murmured with amusement . |
| 12 | He despised her looks now , so he scoffed at the idea that it could be for sex . |
| 13 | One of the boys , now adult , tells me that even today he shivers at the thought that is etched on his brain of being chased by a ghost on a motorcycle … |
| 14 | On the floor , in the filth and the watery amber half-light , he scraped at the bolt that had felt the boots and slippers and sandals of the prisoners who had encompassed his life time . |
| 15 | he said at the time that as soon as his international career was over that he could go back to Blackheath and see them right . |
| 16 | He rejoices at the fact that they started off with small-town views , and began thinking globally . |