Example sentences of "with his [noun] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 As he did so , he struck out reflexively with his knife at the outstretched leg of the flying figure , and had the satisfaction of feeling the blade strike home .
2 Perhaps this is the Rev. Fred Levison 's ‘ line ’ with his customers at the religious books ' stall ?
3 Baker-Finch had slipped off the leaderboard , and Watson looked to be in big trouble with his drive at the 12th .
4 ‘ There must be a hole in the floor under here , ’ he said to his sister , scuffing with his toes at the worn grey and red runner which one of the commune people had laid along this corridor .
5 ‘ Some of it seemed to cross into the Aids field , which had nothing to do with his brief at the Royal Free . ’
6 By some terrific fluke Richard came face to face with his future at the precise time he most needed to see it .
7 Hughes created a good impression with his exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in 1989 .
8 A man 's shout pierced the mist , and the first pursuer rushed out of the end of the alley and cut with his sword at the hatted shape which he saw dimly ahead of him .
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