Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv prt] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember that when he got up at the end of the meal , his head nearly touched the ceiling , and , as usual , the rising to his feet was undertaken by means of the silent swivel-mechanism . |
| 2 | He gazed up at the sky that was cloudless and dry — and a mountain that had a big peak . |
| 3 | I stole a look at Conchis as he gazed up at the picture ; he had , by no other logic than that of cultural snobbery , gained a whole new dimension of respectability for me , and I began to feel much less sure of his eccentricity and his phoniness , of my own superiority in the matter of what life was really about . |
| 4 | He gazed down at the bunker , head bent and quiet , as though paying his respects . |
| 5 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 6 | Ashley enquired , as he peered down at the instrument panel . |
| 7 | And Lyon settled the issue in the 72nd minute when he crashed over at the corner for the match-clinching try . |
| 8 | He 'd been sitting apparently fascinated by my World Religions class , and when he came up at the end I was sure he wanted to ask a question about Zoroastrianism or Thuggee , or whatever damned thing I 'd been going on about . |
| 9 | And he was extremely annoyed that evening when he came round at the interval . |
| 10 | ‘ He was in Singapore last week , but he came back at the weekend , I know , ’ she observed innocently , hating herself for needing to know so badly . |
| 11 | Taskopruzade 's statement that he came back at the request of a repentant sultan is , of course , highly doubtful in view of the fact that his departure and return seem certain to have occurred in the reigns of different sultans . |
| 12 | He came in at the side door as though he knew his own way . |
| 13 | He gestured around at the conglomeration of abandoned implements , hardly any of which he could put a name on . |
| 14 | I said well he reckons it does , he says when he filled up at the garage it were full , he says we had n't got back and it was between the half and three quarters , I said oh I never looked at it |
| 15 | He turned up at the dance studio in a pair of very skimpy tight shorts and observing that everyone else was very white and wore towelling track suits , and seeing that he was very tall and very naked , got nervous so went for a walk and smoked a joint . |
| 16 | The man posed as a gas board official when he turned up at the restaurant in Tarrant Street , Arundel , Sussex . |
| 17 | He turned up at the game with his head shaven , Gazza style , to raise money for a children 's cancer charity as part of Friday 's Comic Relief day . |
| 18 | He turned round at the corner of Queen Charlotte 's Alley to look back . |
| 19 | When he arrived back at the hall Bourne was there alone . |
| 20 | He nodded over at the coat that had cost him an arm and a leg . |
| 21 | Kenny Milne , who had to deal with the vagaries of a vicious swirl when he threw in at the lineout , thought that the Hastings ' boot was the big difference between the games against France and Wales . |
| 22 | The moment he walked in at the door he knew something was very wrong . |
| 23 | Watching as he grinned up at the bus driver , said something and laughed , she felt a hollow ache inside . |
| 24 | He and Sergeant Robins had obviously tried each other 's patience to the limits , but he cheered up at the sight of Dalgliesh and enquired with childish belligerence : |
| 25 | He glanced up at the sky and remarked : ‘ There 's nowhere to go at this time of night ’ , at which I said that I would be going home , and moved off to the right . |
| 26 | He glanced up at the sky . |
| 27 | He glanced up at the spy-hole and grinned . |
| 28 | He glanced up at the mantel clock , then across at Mrs Burger . |
| 29 | He glanced over at the windspeed indicator . |
| 30 | He glanced over at the mirror every time she came near , longing to speak , and he drank in her loveliness like a man who has crossed a barren desert . |