Example sentences of "he [verb] at the [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gazed at the throat wounds with extraordinary concentration , but made no move to touch the body except to run his hand lightly over the back of the head , like a caress . |
| 2 | And yesterday , TACP Design 's practice partner Brian Evans , a former city councillor and conservation work pioneer , showed off the prestigious trophy he received at the RICS Awards 1992 ceremony in London . |
| 3 | He arrived at the Virgin offices , breathless , panicked and still in his underpants . |
| 4 | After a 200-mile taxi journey , he arrived at the palace gates of the Maharajah of Rewa — at 2am . |
| 5 | he stares at the winter colours |
| 6 | ‘ You are going to pay for this , ’ he spat at the gun muzzles forming a circle of steel above him . |
| 7 | He looked at the cargo drones stowed away in their kennels , inspected the air and power connections , the airlocks either end , the internal controls for the doors and the roof . |
| 8 | He looked at the crime figures reported by the Merseyside police , where the increase in clear-up rates could be shown to be related to the number of prison visits by police officers . |
| 9 | He stared at the icebound heights , remembering other mountains . |