Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] at his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sam dropped his gaze thoughtfully to Midnight 's teeth tearing at his grass , and knew that his dear old bike was doomed . |
| 2 | Her eyes sparked at his condescension . |
| 3 | Rachel stood frozen , her face white and her eyes staring at his face as she pictured her father , felled by the pressure of his life and work , facing his arch-enemy : death . |
| 4 | Crilly 's eyes widen at his surroundings : the post office , Woolworth 's , Perfect Pizza , Salter Rex Estate Agents , dogs , fruit markets . |
| 5 | Slowly her head turned to him and her eyes smiled at his . |
| 6 | A smile tugged at his lips when he remembered the dead peonies falling at his feet and Sweetheart 's totally unexpected laughter . |
| 7 | The patron , M. Duthoit , was a comfortable sort of fellow with his green and blue patterned cardigan and spectacles dangling at his breast . |
| 8 | All the while her thighs pumped at his quivering prick . |
| 9 | But , an hour later , the models tearing at his clothes as he lies in the king-size bed , he seems resigned to the proceedings . |
| 10 | They also had special duties to fulfil at his funeral . |
| 11 | The masons smiled at his fancy and went on with their work . |
| 12 | Sometimes the tribe 's Big'uns recognised their old leader as he stomped up and down the battle lines bawling at his lads . |
| 13 | For several days after his death she had lain in the sagging double bed with a bolster by her side to stop her rolling into the hollow created by Nahum 's bulk , unaware that he would never again make the springs protest at his weight . |
| 14 | He again has one of the world 's most respected race technicians working at his side , except instead of ex-Freddie Spencer sidekick George Vukmanovich who tuned his NSRs last year , this time it 's Eddie Lawson 's old right hand man Kel Carruthers . |
| 15 | Suddenly , at the Central Committee meeting in November , he failed to respond to the criticisms levelled at his ministry for failure to meet plan targets in the standard manner , neither would he take the blame for the strike at Motru . |
| 16 | I 'm asking you , you sh you got loads to look at his hair . |
| 17 | ROBERT MAXWELL , publisher of Mirror Newspapers , was last night forced to run an embarrassing Labour Party gauntlet of workers sacked at his Pergamon Press company last May . |
| 18 | But she terrified him , because he wanted her and he liked having that grave face near him , and she was willing to have him even with the ghosts crowding at his shoulder . |
| 19 | Six policemen and five social workers arrived at his farm waving Place of Safety orders |
| 20 | The prospect of the invited crowd of guests arriving at his house in the next half hour does not fill Merton with joy , but , as you quickly establish , this is pretty much par for the course . |
| 21 | The dogs crouched at his heels for shelter , moving behind like grey ghosts in the stumbling tracks made by their master . |
| 22 | ‘ She says you are beautiful , ’ murmured Lucenzo , and Meredith 's cheeks pinkened at his slow gaze . |
| 23 | Art historians conclude that William de Brailes headed a workshop of manuscript artists based at his tenement in Catte Street . |
| 24 | Despite the siege , Nicholas had made the short journey many times to sleep at his villa . |
| 25 | The curlicues massed at his collar and from here a series of well-defined ginger ridges ascended to his nude pate . |
| 26 | He fielded question after question from television crew after television crew in the unseasonably warm Sardinian sun yesterday , causing onlookers to wonder at his calmness , patience and diplomacy . |
| 27 | He fielded question after question from television crew after television crew in the unseasonably warm Sardinian sun yesterday , causing onlookers to wonder at his calmness , patience and diplomacy . |
| 28 | Police officers called at his home but were forced to withdraw when Say picked up a shotgun and placed the barrels in his mouth . |
| 29 | The same ostentatious pride in Southern good manners also prompted him to sit up immediately when one of the ship 's white-uniformed junior officers appeared at his side bearing a tray of iced drinks for him , his wife and two sons . |
| 30 | In spite of many miracles and wonders effected at his tomb , it took twenty-one years before the sceptical Bishop William of Orkney was persuaded to translate the bones of St Magnus into a shrine on 13 December 1137 . |