Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angel 's fingers drummed angrily on the steering wheel as he gazed moodily at the long , straight road ahead of them . |
| 2 | He peered carefully at the slim frail woman who stood so resolutely out on the porch . |
| 3 | He poked warily at the dark mound . |
| 4 | 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 " ! " |
| 5 | He gestured vaguely at the upper reaches of seats . |
| 6 | He nodded politely at the astonished face that Glyn turned on him and moved to the door . |
| 7 | He frowned angrily at the old gentleman , and asked sharply , |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He knocked softly at the front door . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He glanced briefly at the written note , put it aside and went on with the meeting . |
| 12 | He glanced aside at the ginger-haired twins . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He glanced across at the strange boy again . |
| 15 | His weariness rebelled against the prospect and he glanced across at the opposite window in search of some clue as to his whereabouts . |
| 16 | He glanced across at the waiting technicians and dismissed them with a gesture . |
| 17 | He glanced contemptuously at the unconscious man . |
| 18 | Meanwhile he blazed away at the tumbling dots of metal with a grim obsession . |
| 19 | He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1837 and 1884 , showing a total of thirty-six pictures . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | The cold crept up his body as he clutched fruitlessly at the insubstantial wood . |
| 22 | He looked carefully at the little black notes on their thin black lines . |
| 23 | He looked pensively at the topmost one again , and summoned his chief of spies . |
| 24 | He looked away at the dense thicket where the three hounds were working . |
| 25 | On his way he passed the church , where he looked closely at the old tower door . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He looked sidelong at the black box , half expecting it to explode or emit strange musical tones . |
| 28 | He looked vaguely at the little stream running beside the road . |
| 29 | He looked across at the other two , who were laughing and taking a long time to get Maggie 's drink . |
| 30 | He looked across at the young T'ang of Africa , and smiled . |