Example sentences of "man [Wh pn] [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who walked the perimeter path went behind him , and no one spoke to the man who gazed at the wall that held him . |
| 2 | His findings include a confession from a man who shot at the UN plane minutes before it crashed . |
| 3 | A sad tale about a man who died at the age of 103 because no one would give him any money . |
| 4 | Her dog sniffed for a moment at the ankle of the young man who worked at the engine of his car . |
| 5 | When he did , the prim man who worked at the counter often inspected them and said , ‘ I doubt if this will come out , sir , but we 'll do our best . ’ |
| 6 | At a table crammed into the wall , I stare into space , trying to ignore an old man who yells at the barmaid and another who sits doubled over with his pink mottled head against the table , sleeping and snoring . |
| 7 | I SAID to the man who stood at the gate of the year , ‘ Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown ’ . |
| 8 | He stood in the damp boots that leaked the snow wet to his socks , and he hated the man who sat at the desk . |