Example sentences of "he [verb] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They went to the pub with Air Marshal 's ranking chalked on their uniforms , windows were smashed to prove that broken glass need not draw blood , there were tremendous fights , he lived at the local hall , there was game , there were bounties we never saw in London — he sailed very very close to the law during that period . ’ |
| 2 | Then he lived about half way and , and er , one or two more he lived at the top house on the right and somebody over the other side . |
| 3 | He pawed at the Daily Telegraph but failed to find whatever he was looking for and lit a cigarette instead . |
| 4 | He points at the official entrance to a snake 's residence . |
| 5 | He winked at the other man who was watching Oliver sullenly . |
| 6 | Another of the veterans , Col Oleg Nechiporenko , a Latin American specialist , promises to shed new light on Lee Harvey Oswald , whom he says he met at the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City two months before the assassination of President Kennedy . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Slowly raising his head , Ross stared down at his wife , his grey eyes stormy with passion as he gazed at the blonde hair forming a golden halo about her head , and the creamy skin of her naked body , gleaming in the light of the soft lamps . |
| 9 | He gazed at the deep reds , purples and blues that dominated the central figure in the painting , feeling certain he 'd seen the image somewhere before . |
| 10 | He looked down , and as he gazed at the sleeping child his eyes glittered with what looked suspiciously like unshed tears . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's wonderful , ’ he gasped , as he gazed at the little face and held each tiny hand , studying the miniature nails in wonderment . |
| 12 | Achieving a personal style became his ultimate photographic ambition , and under the influence of Josef Herman , a Polish photographer who spent many years in Wales documenting the lives of the coal miners , he paid his first visit to The National Gallery , where he gazed at the Old Masters and eventually formed what he called ‘ a concept of total image ’ . |
| 13 | He gazed at the assembled company . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The author is on stronger ground when he looks at the technical characteristics of various modes . |
| 16 | Brian Robinson , I believe , has every right to feel aggrieved when he looks at the other members of the back row . |
| 17 | In the first of his ‘ State of Grace ’ reports he looks at the current crises in the Kirk . |
| 18 | Jack Spier has trouble keeping his emotions under control whenever he looks at the Red Cross letter from his parents saying goodbye . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He frowns at the little mound of coarse white powder , then claps his hand to his mouth , and swallows . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The animal , alarmed by such rapid movement , now sprang to his full height , his great unsheathed paws beating the air as he strained at the massive steel collar around his neck . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He peered at the long list . |
| 25 | Almost the only thing he could think of coherently as he peered at the Dutch tiles and crazy paving was that according to his last statement of account he had 67 12s. 9d. in the bank . |
| 26 | He peered at the tangled convulsions in the Daemon card . |
| 27 | He trained at the Central School of Art and Design , but never graduated , joining instead a group of frustrated designers , which included such budding innovationists as Mary Quant and Laura Ashley , who , like Conran himself , were eventually to become household names . |
| 28 | ‘ Flash bastard ! ’ he shouted at the retreating back . |
| 29 | Was he laughing at the absurd idea of being an old fogey ? |
| 30 | Constable Laurie gave evidence that on 5th August he entered at the back door of 149 Chatham Street , that he received from her 1/9d. , and that she received from him a betting slip . |