Example sentences of "[adv] at the man " in BNC.

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1 " Eyes front ! " he screamed suddenly at the men before us. " 'eft 'ight , 'eft 'ight ! "
2 Ajayi sat back , putting her gloves back on , She looked doubtfully at the man on the far side of the table .
3 Sandra glanced swiftly at the man with the stick , wondering what he had in his pockets .
4 We were expecting you down at the Man in the Moon .
5 He stands there , shaking , then hugs himself , chin on his chest , staring down at the man , his head and whole body trembling .
6 ‘ We 've been fortunate , so far , ’ the Governor said , looking down at the man lying in the bed .
7 She glanced briefly at Twoflower , as one might look at a piece of furniture , then glared down at the man on the bed .
8 He looked down at the man still standing nervously in front of him , and noticed his jacket was patched and someone had put leather binding round the edges of the sleeves .
9 Looking down at the man who had quietly assisted her and whose clothes were now covered in the other man 's blood , she said , ‘ You 'd better go with them as well . ’
10 He looked down at the men lying there , unconscious , breathing shallowly ; and Luch jerked to wakefulness and tensed as his hand moved to his dirk …
11 Ajayi smiled and nodded , perhaps at the man , perhaps at the thin , wavering line of squares which seemed to hang in the air over the small circular table .
12 All trainees gazed admiringly at the man who was paid to teach them .
13 She looked over at the man who , tall and straight , was standing in the large room watching her approach .
14 She looked pleadingly at the man in overalls as if he might step in and save her .
15 Graham laughed to himself , then had to break his stride as a long-haired biker in dirty denims bumped a large Moto Guzzi across the pavement in front of him and into the courtyard entrance of the buildings called Rosebery Square , Graham looked darkly at the man pushing the bike , then shook his head , telling himself not to be so stupid .
16 And when he thrust at her , still yelling , ‘ Get up into that house , there ! ’ and almost pushed her onto her back , the young fellow sprang forward and grabbed her ; then , with one arm around her and the other fist doubled , forefinger pointing out straight at the man , he cried at him , ‘ You lay another hand on her like that , mister , an' that 'll be the last thing you do . ’
17 Doyle put his foot down and drove straight at the men .
18 ‘ I 've never eaten them , ’ Richard gazed up at the man , his clear chestnut eyes , starry with their thick lashes , open wide as he judged the amount of pathos necessary to achieve his aim .
19 With staring , dilated eyes , Kelly looked up at the man who held her .
20 She let go of Adam 's arm and rose ; then looked up at the man who stood there .
21 Shaking violently in the intolerable hold of a passion as bitter as it was irresistible and torrid , she looked up at the man who had done this to her , his body before and above her , glistening and dark , darker still where it was shadowed with hair .
22 Laura gasped breathlessly as he raised his dark head , gazing fondly up at the man she loved so much .
23 She glared up at the man who had been invading her dreams , for a second not even sure if she was awake or asleep .
24 Eyes rounded in appalled realisation , she stared up at the man who stood stooped in the confined space up ahead .
25 Clinton inspected the contents of one of the vats , smiling amiably at the man who was stirring the mass of baked beans .
26 He abandoned this line of observation and looked carefully at the man inside the suit .
27 Whitlock kicked out at the man , catching him on the leg so that he overbalanced and fell against the wall .
28 You 're dead , thought DeVore , smiling pleasantly at the man as if amused by his remark .
29 But she seemed unaware of it as her green eyes glared back at the man who had struck her .
30 Holly straightened himself , shrugged at his shoulders to try to rid himself of the weariness , gazed back at the man 's face .
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