Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles was handing round the silver tray of champagne , his smile one of pure pleasure and pride as he gazed round at the assembled family in the conservatory . |
| 2 | Angel 's fingers drummed angrily on the steering wheel as he gazed moodily at the long , straight road ahead of them . |
| 3 | He had no money in his bank account , and when he gazed about at the huge drawing-room , smaller inner drawing-room and large bedroom , he had no idea how he was to find the money to buy the barest essentials — a few chairs , a table , a bed . |
| 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 | He dropped in at the still extant Paperback Shop . |
| 7 | 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 " ! " |
| 8 | He gestured vaguely at the upper reaches of seats . |
| 9 | He booked in at the special executive reception on the eighteenth floor , reserving an executive suite on the twentieth floor . |
| 10 | He arrived back at the appointed spot some ten minutes early , and spent an irritable half-hour tramping up and down before Lefevre 's return . |
| 11 | He nodded politely at the astonished face that Glyn turned on him and moved to the door . |
| 12 | He frowned angrily at the old gentleman , and asked sharply , |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He knocked softly at the front door . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ As you should know from your own experiences ’ — he glanced up at the framed portrait of Commonweal School staff and pupils , September 1948 — ‘ the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy . |
| 17 | And he glanced round at the still-insensible Liam and threw away the cigarette in disgust . |
| 18 | He glanced briefly at the written note , put it aside and went on with the meeting . |
| 19 | As the old man reluctantly accepted a sip of water , he glanced over at the other bed . |
| 20 | He glanced over at the huge woman . |
| 21 | He glanced down at the mechanical bird caged at his feet . |
| 22 | But even then , when she was standing upright beside him , he made no attempt to release her hand and Rachel was only too aware of his appraising glance as he glanced down at the wet jade swimsuit tightly moulded to her slight , almost boyish figure before abruptly she snatched her hand away and walked quickly to the changing-rooms . |
| 23 | He glanced aside at the ginger-haired twins . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He glanced back at the dead girl and smiled , as if to chide her gently for her folly . |
| 26 | He glanced across at the strange boy again . |
| 27 | His weariness rebelled against the prospect and he glanced across at the opposite window in search of some clue as to his whereabouts . |
| 28 | He glanced across at the waiting technicians and dismissed them with a gesture . |
| 29 | He glanced contemptuously at the unconscious man . |
| 30 | Meanwhile he blazed away at the tumbling dots of metal with a grim obsession . |