Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Angel 's fingers drummed angrily on the steering wheel as he gazed moodily at the long , straight road ahead of them . |
2 | He peered carefully at the slim frail woman who stood so resolutely out on the porch . |
3 | He poked warily at the dark mound . |
4 | 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 " ! " |
5 | He gestured vaguely at the upper reaches of seats . |
6 | He nodded politely at the astonished face that Glyn turned on him and moved to the door . |
7 | He frowned angrily at the old gentleman , and asked sharply , |
8 | He grinned fondly at the younger man . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | He knocked softly at the front door . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | He glanced briefly at the written note , put it aside and went on with the meeting . |
13 | He glanced aside at the ginger-haired twins . |
14 | The casual offensiveness of the governor 's remarks was evident to the senator even before his aide finished his translation ; he glanced sharply at the Annamese , but it was impossible to gauge their reactions from their impassive faces . |
15 | He glanced severely at the two girls . |
16 | He glanced across at the strange boy again . |
17 | His weariness rebelled against the prospect and he glanced across at the opposite window in search of some clue as to his whereabouts . |
18 | He glanced across at the waiting technicians and dismissed them with a gesture . |
19 | He glanced contemptuously at the unconscious man . |
20 | Meanwhile he blazed away at the tumbling dots of metal with a grim obsession . |
21 | He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1837 and 1884 , showing a total of thirty-six pictures . |
22 | He exhibited occasionally at the Royal Academy and became a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects ‘ at a very early period of [ the ] Institution ’ . |
23 | The cold crept up his body as he clutched fruitlessly at the insubstantial wood . |
24 | He looked curiously at the two girls . |
25 | He looked carefully at the little black notes on their thin black lines . |
26 | He looked pensively at the topmost one again , and summoned his chief of spies . |
27 | He looked away at the dense thicket where the three hounds were working . |
28 | Now he looked again at the two betting-slips that lay on the table in front of him ; then turned to the back of the Business section for the Sport , his eye running down the results of the previous day 's racing at Fontwell Park . |
29 | On his way he passed the church , where he looked closely at the old tower door . |
30 | He looked unseeingly at the beautiful face across the table , hearing the echo of his quarrel with Francesca , feeling his mind still chuntering on in justification of the anger that had led him to cut off all possibility of their holiday next week . |