Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] at his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new shithouse clerk , a small , wiry Liverpudlian , was taking his new appointment very seriously when I arrived at his canvasstructured place of work . |
| 2 | And as I marvelled at his breathtaking skiing the cost of a coffee in the Nederhutte mountain restaurant was not top of my concerns . |
| 3 | I stared at his thin purply-grey T-shirt and his shoulder-blades heaving underneath . |
| 4 | I looked at his young wife , Dawn , with her four young children visiting Salisbury for the week-end . |
| 5 | And I looked at his sad face . |
| 6 | I looked at his plastered leg . |
| 7 | I looked at his little hands , counted his fingers and wondered how perfect he was . |
| 8 | Princess Ashraf later wrote that as Carter spoke , " I looked at his pale face . |
| 9 | As I looked at his stern face , I knew I could go anywhere in the world with him as a colleague , but I could never lose my freedom by marrying him . |
| 10 | At a launch of a new diagnostic technique the Chief Executive of a hi-tech company in the medical field seeks your advice on two public relations programmes : I Aimed at his own company 's staff : 230 of them at two factories 65 miles apart and at an R and D facility with 38 senior staff . |
| 11 | She gazed at his dark face , abruptly appalled . |
| 12 | Her voice had grown jerky and breathless and she caught at his caressing hand . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She squinted at his sunstarred silhouette . |
| 15 | She bridled at his autocratic tone . |
| 16 | ‘ When she arrived at his flat one night and told him that she had left me after admitting everything , he was furious . |
| 17 | She flinched at his ill-judged choice of words . |
| 18 | She glanced at his tired , drawn face . |
| 19 | She glanced at his strong profile , staring ahead at the snowbound road . |
| 20 | She glanced at his half-seen profile with the sunset flashing over his cheekbones as the ship banked for landing . |
| 21 | She quailed at his heartless words , afraid of discovering that her adored father had feet of clay but determined to face the truth . |
| 22 | She laughed at his outraged expression . |
| 23 | Brought suddenly back to a world of misunderstandings , she stared at his broad shoulders in dismay . |
| 24 | She stared at his blank face . |
| 25 | She stared at his ruthless face and felt afraid . |
| 26 | She looked at his broad back , then at the short trousers , and smiled to herself , returning her attention to her coffee . |
| 27 | She looked at his crumpled clothing , and the dark shadow on his jaw . |
| 28 | She looked at his imploring face , and felt a stab of guilt , that he was right , that she 'd better take care … . |
| 29 | She looked at his fine , thin hands , the turned wrists where there were fair hairs on the brown skin , and put her face up to his . |
| 30 | She looked at his white face and the traces of sick round his mouth and wanted to shake him . |