Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His fear screamed at him to bolt , but he forced his mind into action , to plan the run sensibly . |
| 2 | But now , a week after Easter , his failure stared at him from the empty pews . |
| 3 | For a moment I sensed his eye staring at me through the hole in the door but as soon as I looked at it the lens flashed and the cover on the other side swung quickly to rest . |
| 4 | Gerald Hussey saw his wife looking at him in triumph and felt his heart sink . |
| 5 | He turned his head to stare at me as if he could n't at once comprehend my interest , but then , understanding , said of course I could go if I wanted to . |
| 6 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 7 | Buddie lowered his newspaper and turned his head to look at her from beneath furrowed black brows . |
| 8 | In return his father rages at him for his inability to become a ‘ real ’ man , and demands as the only acceptable proof that Lucio has regained his masculinity that he attack the very next man he sees and sexually assault the first woman ( iv . |
| 9 | His father told him that story : his father looked at him through a glass : he had a hairy face . |
| 10 | His father looked at him with a disappointed expression , shaking his head slowly from side to side . |
| 11 | His father shouted at him over the noise of the engine , ‘ I want you to see , Alexei . |
| 12 | He sits in his chair looking at me as if he ai n't scared . |
| 13 | He was ashamed of the way his father sat in his armchair staring at them without joining in the conversation , or even rudely reading as they talked . |
| 14 | He paused as his mother stared at him in bewilderment . |
| 15 | His mother looked at him for a moment without an expression on her face , then she smiled and waved her glass at him . |
| 16 | The thought of Harriet Shakespeare slipped into the thought of poor Keith standing awkward and miserable among his mess of papers , while his mother screamed at him for not being neat and ordinary , like Rachel . |