Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stabbed angrily at the button . |
| 2 | He glowed now at the Archdeacon . |
| 3 | He got away at the cost of a couple of buttons and the boxer turned his attention to one of the ladies . |
| 4 | Then he gazed absently at the window for some minutes , blinking . |
| 5 | He gazed again at the madonna he had sat beside when her child was just born . |
| 6 | He gazed wildly at the neighbour who said crossly , ‘ Jean Powers . |
| 7 | He kicks moodily at the carpet . |
| 8 | He looks longingly at the teapot and the tiny red cups . |
| 9 | He tried again at the corner and got a smooth rounded canter . |
| 10 | Through each performance he would stand at the rear of the audience , his arms crossed and his head sunk down into his body as he peered intently at the stage . |
| 11 | One per over per batsman is the ration , with a bouncer being defined as a ball passing over the batsman 's shoulder as he stands upright at the crease . |
| 12 | He winced slightly at the sharpness in her voice , then bowed his head . |
| 13 | So he says , he stopped right at the side of it right , yes . |
| 14 | He shoots twice at the cashier , but misses both times . |
| 15 | Vice-chairman Sydney Moss revealed : ‘ He came here at the age of four , then stood on the Kop when he was old enough . |
| 16 | He came home at the home did n't you ? |
| 17 | He studied hard at the Epistle to the Hebrews . |
| 18 | But he 's making a bit of a habit is n't he , Notts County I think it was , very much the same situation ; three two then for a three all draw , he scored right at the end then . |
| 19 | He turned right at the foot of Hawthornden Road instead of left . |
| 20 | But his secretiveness extended to not even telling them that , and they had to be content to accompany him as he turned left at the foot of the steps that led up to the station entrance and headed for the quays . |
| 21 | He turned left at the crossroads , Sonny at his heels . |
| 22 | For the next five minutes he pounded frustratingly at the seal lining , the task not made any easier by the rhythmic rocking of the train as it sped through the rain . |
| 23 | ‘ No , nobody knows 'em from Adam , ’ he nodded jovially at the gardener who flashed back with a wall of white teeth . |
| 24 | Consider the immense energies slowly eating out their heart up there , ’ — he nodded upwards at the sun , dazzling westwards across the lake — ‘ and the Pentecostal flame which brings the gift of tongues . |
| 25 | He jabbed heavily at the air with his finger as if to spear and hold still the point he was trying to make . |
| 26 | Through sea-sized eyes that are crusted with rheum and asteroid dust He stares fixedly at the Destination . |
| 27 | And he smiles afresh at the thought of what that particular victory meant to everyone who witnessed it . |
| 28 | He scratched obscenely at the front of his tunic . |
| 29 | He grinned slightly at the emphasis , but grew serious again at once . |
| 30 | He grinned mischievously at the florist . |