Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We never normally talked in the morning : he got up at the last moment and rushed out without a word . |
| 2 | He got off at the next village and waddled away up a street with his bag of guavas . |
| 3 | Charles was handing round the silver tray of champagne , his smile one of pure pleasure and pride as he gazed round at the assembled family in the conservatory . |
| 4 | Angel 's fingers drummed angrily on the steering wheel as he gazed moodily at the long , straight road ahead of them . |
| 5 | He had no money in his bank account , and when he gazed about at the huge drawing-room , smaller inner drawing-room and large bedroom , he had no idea how he was to find the money to buy the barest essentials — a few chairs , a table , a bed . |
| 6 | He peered carefully at the slim frail woman who stood so resolutely out on the porch . |
| 7 | Here she found Mrs Geary , kindly smoothing Twomey 's hair with her hand , while he boned away at an elegant shoe . |
| 8 | He poked warily at the dark mound . |
| 9 | Once again he blasted out at the first attempt , reeling back amid a cloud of sand and covering his eyes . |
| 10 | He dropped in at the still extant Paperback Shop . |
| 11 | 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 " ! " |
| 12 | He gestured vaguely at the upper reaches of seats . |
| 13 | He booked in at the special executive reception on the eighteenth floor , reserving an executive suite on the twentieth floor . |
| 14 | When he turned off at a small junction taking a no-through road , she stopped and watched him out of sight . |
| 15 | He arrived back at the appointed spot some ten minutes early , and spent an irritable half-hour tramping up and down before Lefevre 's return . |
| 16 | He nodded politely at the astonished face that Glyn turned on him and moved to the door . |
| 17 | He frowned angrily at the old gentleman , and asked sharply , |
| 18 | Graham Fowler made it a double when he teamed up at the last minute with Chris Schaefer from Tennis World and in see-saw men 's double final the Tennis World pair of Ben O'Connor and Peter Ford . |
| 19 | We were delighted with his debut over fences when he beat Forest Sun in a hot novice contest at Worcester and he followed up at the same course on Wednesday . |
| 20 | He grinned fondly at the younger man . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He knocked softly at the front door . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He taught initially at a junior school in Berkshire , then at a grammar school , and later at Downe House , where he became well known on the art-teaching circuit when his pupils won ( for two consecutive years ) a national art competition and their work toured internationally . |
| 25 | ‘ As you should know from your own experiences ’ — he glanced up at the framed portrait of Commonweal School staff and pupils , September 1948 — ‘ the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy . |
| 26 | And he glanced round at the still-insensible Liam and threw away the cigarette in disgust . |
| 27 | He glanced briefly at the written note , put it aside and went on with the meeting . |
| 28 | As the old man reluctantly accepted a sip of water , he glanced over at the other bed . |
| 29 | He glanced over at the huge woman . |
| 30 | He glanced down at the mechanical bird caged at his feet . |