Example sentences of "he [vb -s] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He points at the official entrance to a snake 's residence . |
| 2 | He takes his time strolling over , and when he gets here he sits at the far end of the bench like he does n't know me . |
| 3 | Erm now he talks about the vanguards of revolutions i it 's just his distinction between the types of of peasant erm he looks at the rich peasants first of all and originally they 're , they 're not into revolution at all , you know , they do n't want to join peasant associations because they 've got nothing to gain erm as er er had said before , you know , p if you ask a rich peasant to join he 's gon na say well , you know , I 've never heard of such a thing before , you know , I 've , I can manage to live alright , I advise you to gi er give it up or alternatively he may just say , you know , good God no , you know , it 's too dangerous I , I do n't want to be knocked off by my landlord . |
| 4 | The author is on stronger ground when he looks at the technical characteristics of various modes . |
| 5 | Brian Robinson , I believe , has every right to feel aggrieved when he looks at the other members of the back row . |
| 6 | In the first of his ‘ State of Grace ’ reports he looks at the current crises in the Kirk . |
| 7 | They 're simply irresistible , says Graham Rice , as he looks at the best types to grow |
| 8 | Jack Spier has trouble keeping his emotions under control whenever he looks at the Red Cross letter from his parents saying goodbye . |
| 9 | How right you are Mr Deputy Speaker , of course I could n't go into this because it 's out of order but on the other hand I would simply say to the honourable gentleman if he looks at the basic policies , the basic flaw of the E C is it ca n't solve problems and all these new M E Ps we 're thinking of sending over I think we should bear in mind the problem , they 're going over to something where problems ca n't be solved . |
| 10 | He frowns at the little mound of coarse white powder , then claps his hand to his mouth , and swallows . |
| 11 | He starts at a medieval Gothic window , a remnant of the first university in central Europe ( founded 1348 ) ; he pauses at the rebuilt Bethlehem Chapel , the site of where the Mass was first allowed in Czech , and Jan Hus preached before being burnt for heresy in 1413 ; he pays respects to the relics of the Jewish quarter with its ancient and crowded graveyard ; to cross the river he uses the Charles Bridge , lined with Baroque statues ( many between 1700 and 1720 ) , and climbs the hill to the Castle where art and architecture of all periods again further embellish the golden city of central Europe . |
| 12 | ‘ Here 's fifty , ’ he shouts at the next table . |
| 13 | He ought to swap the doctors that he has at the Serious Fraud Office for those who decide applications for disability allowance and attendance allowance . |
| 14 | In calculating the time when a review is due , the starting point is : ( a ) where a person is arrested outside the police station ( i ) the time he arrives at the relevant station ; or ( ii ) the time 24 hours after the time of his arrest , whichever is the earlier ; ( b ) where a person attends the police station voluntarily and is subsequently arrested there the time of arrest ; ( c ) where a person is arrested outside England and Wales : ( i ) the time he arrives at the first station to which he is taken in the police area in which the offence for which he has been arrested is being investigated ; or ( ii ) 24 hours after the time of his entry into the country whichever is the earlier ; ( d ) where a person is arrested in another part of the country and has to be taken to the police area where the offence is being investigated for questioning — the time at which he arrived at the first police station in the police area in question . |
| 15 | In calculating the time when a review is due , the starting point is : ( a ) where a person is arrested outside the police station ( i ) the time he arrives at the relevant station ; or ( ii ) the time 24 hours after the time of his arrest , whichever is the earlier ; ( b ) where a person attends the police station voluntarily and is subsequently arrested there the time of arrest ; ( c ) where a person is arrested outside England and Wales : ( i ) the time he arrives at the first station to which he is taken in the police area in which the offence for which he has been arrested is being investigated ; or ( ii ) 24 hours after the time of his entry into the country whichever is the earlier ; ( d ) where a person is arrested in another part of the country and has to be taken to the police area where the offence is being investigated for questioning — the time at which he arrived at the first police station in the police area in question . |
| 16 | After reading the signpost , the user moves off in the direction of his choice until he arrives at the next crossroads . |
| 17 | It seems , then , that not only may an entrepreneur-producer be a monopolist because he happens at the same time to be a monopolist resource owner , he may be a monopolist because he has made himself a monopolist resource owner in the course of his entrepreneurial activities . |
| 18 | Raymond and I no longer share a bed , but he wakes at the slightest noise . ’ |
| 19 | He stares at the hydraulic dentist 's chair , angled up to an empty sky and an open sea . |
| 20 | The dignified pose struck by Chauntecleer in response to Pertelote 's unsympathetic reaction to his dream , in particular the understandable offence he takes at the embarrassing suggestion that what he really needs is a good laxative , would be comic in a human character ; that the character is a bird provides an opportunity for a greater bathetic and comic deflation when the character ends his monologue by flying down from the perch to peck , chuck and " tread " his favourite hens twenty times before dawn ( 3172 – 8 ) . |
| 21 | But to allow you to get a bonus point , if he continues at the same level , will we require further annualising from him . |
| 22 | This he does at the highest level in the HERMS file structure , defining boxes in the work file for sub-teams to work within and inputting technical details as text in the technical file ; this latter entry could be considerable . |
| 23 | Where the beneficiary 's interest comes to an end to any extent or is in any way disposed of during his lifetime after 25/3/74 , then unless he becomes at the same time beneficially entitled to the property in which the terminated interest subsisted or to another interest in possession in it CTT is prima facie chargeable in respect of its value . |
| 24 | Where the beneficiary 's interest comes to an end to any extent or is in any way disposed of during his lifetime , then unless he becomes at the same time beneficially entitled to the property in which the interest subsisted or to another interest in possession in it CTT is to be charged as if he had made a transfer ( Continued on page 129 ) of value at that time and the value transferred had been equal to the value of the property in which the interest subsisted . |
| 25 | Again and again he fails at the offending cornice until , half-buried , half-dead , there is no snow left , the axes bite and he is up . |
| 26 | ‘ I had Barney Summerville in tonight , you know , he works at the big house . |
| 27 | At 63 , he works at the Open University and is another member of the local council . |
| 28 | And when he gets it on , the , the C and D truck it sets off , what happens when he stops at the first set of traffic lights ? or turns out ? |