Example sentences of "and he [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael 's idol was Buster Keaton , and he had at the time studied Keaton more than I had , and said that he had never used a double . |
| 2 | And he laughs at the idea that the Prince of Darkness will now become King of the Castle . |
| 3 | He was born in South Africa and he studied at the universities of Cape Town and Cambridge , and has taught in universities in Britain , in America , in West Africa and France and Germany . |
| 4 | And he started clearing to get this slate , and he got at the slate quite quick . |
| 5 | Jinny did not understand , but the boy 's head turned and he stared at the Hare-woman . |
| 6 | The concrete was cold to his bottom , and he stared at the stairs down which Bunty had fallen , his throat and his face and his eyes seeming to swell up in a great hot surge of grief . |
| 7 | So he took religion terribly seriously , but he believed in science and he looked at the Bible and said well what does this really mean ? |
| 8 | And he looked at the letter and he looked at that photograph and he thought , I ca n't . |
| 9 | After we went through the second door , Buff stood without moving and he looked at the trees and did n't say anything . |
| 10 | My enthusiasm transmitted itself to Malc and he left at the end of visiting time a happier man . |
| 11 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 12 | An officer to Burun 's right stumbled , and he clutched at the handrail at his side . |
| 13 | and he asked at the pier for my father |
| 14 | And he 'd got a strip of steel about four inches the half inch and he stuck at the back of his , i it was a long seat that were a four of us sat on with iron legs and they stuck it in the wood and you 'd flip it and it i , you know how it would sto |
| 15 | Although urged by his party to remain , he thought , like a decent democrat , that it was time for someone else to have a go , and he retired at the time of the 1987 General Election . |
| 16 | And he applauded at the end of the recital . |
| 17 | Right he then went to the pulpit and he said that he was gon na preach about Lazarus actually but he 's a quiet fellow and he shouted at the top of his voice I 'm speaking about satanic bondage ! |
| 18 | Scathach 's horse panicked and he shouted at the creature , which stamped in the water , twisting and tugging with discomfort . |
| 19 | The lights went down and he sat at the back , trying to gauge the reaction of a packed audience . |
| 20 | He goes into a restaurant and he says oh the waiter erm let me see the menu and he looks at the menu and said right , he said . |
| 21 | A convulsion shook him and he scrabbled at the ground , covering himself in a mask of wet earth and blood . |
| 22 | His father was told about the accident , and he arrived at the scene quickly enough to accompany Guy to hospital in the ambulance . |
| 23 | He was an engineer and erm he he was he made co , he worked on conveyers and things and then he changed his occupation became a civil servant and he worked at the Admiralty down on Templefields until it closed about ten years , cos my husband has been retired about five years now . |
| 24 | There are yours , ’ and he pointed at the papers and my escape equipment on the table . |
| 25 | The shock seared through his arm and he grabbed at the bracelet as though trying to tear it from his wrist . |
| 26 | Alain came in as the doctor 's car left the house and he stood at the foot of the bed and regarded her sternly . |
| 27 | The fertile combination of theory and practice was his own , however , and he stood at the head of a great group of people working on the new phenomena of electricity . |
| 28 | Fred had to agree , and he smiled at the passion in his pretty young wife 's voice . |
| 29 | It 'll remind you that Ninfania was n't always like this ’ — and he waved at the window to the town outside , beyond his closed shutters . |