Example sentences of "and [verb] at his [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the baglady enters the hushed cafeteria and threads steadily past the skewered tables , when the derelict stands and faces the oncoming crowds and arrives at his soft selection , we all know who they have in mind . |
| 2 | Lorton rinsed the lather from his skin and frowned at his clean-shaven face . |
| 3 | The heart-throb country and western singer , at No. 6 with Achy Breaky Heart , is fed up with female fans grabbing and pulling at his famous ponytail . |
| 4 | Besides groups of bronze statuettes by Degas and Henry Moore , notable works include Miró 's ‘ Tëte ’ ( 1974 ) , ‘ Oedipus II ’ ( 1962 ) , a stone and bronze sculpture by William Turnbull , Kim Lim 's ‘ River-Stone ’ , a new standing block of Calacatta Siena marble , delicately decorated with incisions , a vast wall sculpture ( 1987 ) created by Mimmo Paladino from gold and encaustic and bronze , and Julian Schnabel 's ‘ Jacqueline ’ , a bronze bust of his former wife mounted on a steel platform and shown at his retrospective exhibition at the Whitney Museum in 1987 . |
| 5 | This is what I call the strategy of non-decision , the decision that we will do nothing , that we wo n't harass the child , that we will give the child time to relax and move at his own pace , rather than determining the pace that we feel the child ought to be following . |
| 6 | ( Grunte settled down comfortably and glanced at his Daily Mail ; Angela never used one word where three would ‘ suffice ’ . ) |
| 7 | The Reverend Witherspoon shook his head and grinned at his tall friend . |
| 8 | There Baron Grimm heard Wolfgang again , and marvelled at his remarkable prowess . |
| 9 | One of his strange exploits among other frolics , was having a coffin made of copper ( which one of his mines had that year produced ) , and placed in the great hall , and instead of his making use of it as a monitor that might have made him ashamed and terrified at his past life , and induce him to make amends in future , it was filled with punch , and he and his comrades soon made themselves incapable of any sort of reflection ; this was often repeated , and hurried him on to that awful moment he had so much reason to dread . |
| 10 | In her rage , she leapt up and pummelled at his unresisting chest , hot tears flowing down her flushed cheeks till his cold , emotionless face was a blur . |
| 11 | She paused and looked at his dear face again . |
| 12 | Duncan turned and looked at his sleeping companion , now slumped in his seat , his mouth open as his snores rumbled across the cabin . |
| 13 | She sat down on the bench opposite to him and looked at his fat baby face , which was now showing some concern . |
| 14 | He picked up a mirror and looked at his own face , and then looked again at the face in the portrait . |
| 15 | Prentice slid off onto the grass and stood there , favouring his good leg , while Rory stretched and rubbed at his lower back . |
| 16 | He turned and smiled at his white-faced wife . |
| 17 | Baldness , he told himself — and smiled at his own joke — was a receding problem . |
| 18 | And he knew that he could n't continue avoiding her — or not without catching pneumonia , he thought , and smiled at his own joke . |
| 19 | He reined in his horse and glared at his cheery-faced tormentor . |
| 20 | She started to moan and pull at his limp penis . |
| 21 | He waited for three-quarters of an hour , until the mottled grey of false-dawn had given way to a pink-and-pearl flush above the silent rooftops , then left , walking between the rows of drawn curtains and smiling at his wrong choice . |
| 22 | She saw him at the first lecture , and thrilled at his cultured voice . |