Example sentences of "[verb] at his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them had visited the invalid often during the past few months , marvelling at his gallant spirit and his unfailing good temper . |
| 2 | He would look at Harry , the picture of health and happiness and , while marvelling at his steady uncomplicated progress , suddenly think of the child 's mother , a travesty of the woman he had once known , suffering , it would seem , from chronic post-natal depression , so much so that , on Winifred Shalcross 's advice , a second specialist had been called in . |
| 3 | Even then he did not fight to recover his own hold on safety , but strained at his slipping grip on the man , dragging him outwards . |
| 4 | After reading of Helen Wright 's good fortune in September Amicus Ivan McNeill wrote to tell me of his luck in winning a three day family trip to Euro Disney in a free draw organised at his local Esso petrol station in Ballymena , County Antrim . |
| 5 | ‘ Did I not say , Harry , that I 'd get it from you , and no other ? ’ said Isambard , still laughing at his stricken face . |
| 6 | Her shoulder was stinging , but Maria could n't help laughing at his effervescent antics . |
| 7 | ‘ So I see , ’ she said , laughing at his sheepish small-boy expression . |
| 8 | part of her expected to find them laughing at his wild reaction beyond all sense and to return her to the blessed normal but when she looked around only Maggie stood in the room . |
| 9 | So I hope it is n't just sentimentality that makes me baulk at his drastic solution . |
| 10 | She winced at his ruthless manipulation , and he moved forwards quickly , confounding her by kneeling and pulling away her hands , holding them by her sides , the weight of his body pressing against her as his mouth came inexorably closer towards her pulsating nipple . |
| 11 | Her eyes had flown to meet his , then dropped at his sarcastic comment as her cheeks became stained with an ugly red . |
| 12 | Mrs Alderley gazed stupefied at his rigid back . |
| 13 | One frail , thin hand went up to pull at his wispy grey goatee , the other moved slightly on the staff , inclining it towards the distant line of men . |
| 14 | Three nights she had been imprisoned here — the last one without food or water , since the guard had not come at his usual time . |
| 15 | Judge Lee refused to comment at his luxury home in Malvern , Worcs . |
| 16 | Her voice had grown jerky and breathless and she caught at his caressing hand . |
| 17 | He drew doodles on the pad in front of him , occasionally dabbing at his loose , wet lips with a handkerchief . |
| 18 | The police officer gaped at his Swiss Police knife . |
| 19 | The Prince and Princess put on a show by travelling in the same car as Harry starts at his new school . |
| 20 | ‘ Inspector Cotton is getting uppity , because we have looked at his precious Livesey file . ’ |
| 21 | Gregory , who has been in and out of care most of his life , did n't even glance at his 30-year-old mother as he told the court in Orlando , Florida : |
| 22 | Would he ever have got to the Olympics if every time he went to train at his local track he got swamped by the waste from a few thousand local toilets ? |
| 23 | Meredith fumed at his liquefying eyes and the contemptuous curl of his sculpted mouth . |
| 24 | As I grew more proficient he leaned on the rail , sucked at his long clay pipe and reminisced about his days in sail or his experiences in ports from Aden to Hong Kong . |
| 25 | Buckmaster dabbed at his thin lips with his napkin . |
| 26 | ‘ What a lovely thing to do , ’ he remarked and , appalled at his patronising tone , told her that her ears should have been burning on Christmas Day . |
| 27 | She gave a hoarse moan of resistance and desire , pushing at his broad shoulders as his strong hands pressed her hips closer to his body , and as she felt that mouth claiming hers with deeper passion , and felt the evidence of his hard excitement , she felt her body clamouring for more , her eyes closing and her mouth moving under his hungrily , little gasps of shocked desire coming from the back of her throat . |
| 28 | She was shouting now , scorching with pain , pushing at his hard chest in a futile effort to move him away from the door . |
| 29 | Suddenly , she was fighting her way out of the hot embrace , pushing at his hard shoulders , her swollen lips muttering , ‘ No ! |
| 30 | She bridled at his autocratic tone . |