Example sentences of "he [verb] at [pron] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 She drew a breath as he gazed at it for an instant , watching its slow movements , the gentle opening of its tiny mouth as if expressing surprise .
2 He looks at me for a second .
3 He looks at me for the first time .
4 He gapes at her for a moment , then chortles and slaps his thigh .
5 That name clearly struck a chord in McIllvanney , for he frowned at me for a few seconds , but the chord must have faded for he shrugged it off .
6 He looked at me for a while , thinking .
7 He looked at me for a moment then sighed and got up from the chair .
8 He looked at me for a moment , halted in the act of folding his stethoscope .
9 He looked at me for a minute .
10 He looked at me for the first time when I said this .
11 He nodded and he looked at me for the first time .
12 He looked at her for a moment .
13 He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought .
14 He looked at her for a long moment , puffing on his seisha , then spoke for the first time .
15 He looked at her for a minute , then he looked away , over her head , at the front of the court .
16 He looked at her for a long , silent moment , and Merrill dragged her gaze away with difficulty , maddened by her erratic heartbeat .
17 He looked at her for a long moment , and then he walked slowly towards her .
18 He looked at her for a long moment , and then he reached out and slid his hand under her hair , around the nape of her neck .
19 He looked at her for a moment , and a white smile brightened his suntanned face .
20 He looked at her for a moment , then decided .
21 He looked at her for the first time with real unease .
22 He looked at her for the first time since the beginning ; her head was still turned away , her hands over her face ; she had shown no further response to anything he had done .
23 He looked at her for the first time and saw the tears on her cheeks that were glistening in the starlight .
24 He looked at it for a moment .
25 He looked at it for a second then got to his feet and stamped on the eye , hearing it pop beneath his foot .
26 He stared at her for a moment before saying , ‘ Tea , please . ’
27 He stared at her for a moment and then shrugged and moved out of the kitchen and towards the back door .
28 He stared at her for a moment , then motioned with his head towards the door .
29 He stared at her for a minute , then stripped to the waist and started to scrub the clay off in the basin of steaming water .
30 Turning , he stared at her for a moment , before replying , almost curtly , she thought , ‘ Nothing .
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