Example sentences of "he [vb past] at [art] [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 ! ’ |
| 2 | He winced at the insinuation that he was past it . |
| 3 | He nodded at a door that must be the bathroom . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He looked at the watch that Pooley had provided . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He despised her looks now , so he scoffed at the idea that it could be for sex . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |