Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb past] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leith was staring at Naylor too when suddenly he turned to look at her and , to set her heart thundering , smiled , a gentle smile . |
| 2 | Later he came to work at the house which was his first entry into Local Government . |
| 3 | In January also he had to speak at Pusey House in Oxford on " The Lambeth Conference and Education " , but one student 's disappointment at his performance on this occasion suggests the strain and lack of preparedness which were forced on him during this period : " In questions Mr Eliot was most feeble and hesitant , humming and hawing much and throwing back the questions with " Is that not what I said ? " or " Does it not prove my point ? " |
| 4 | Clumsily he began to tug at the heavy gold signet ring on one of his fingers . |
| 5 | But sometimes he had to laugh at this , for if anything she seemed stronger than ever and it was beginning to look as if she might outlast him . |
| 6 | Then he began to hack at the door-frame . |
| 7 | Then he turned to look at her again . |
| 8 | Then he turned to look at Rostov again . |
| 9 | Even so she found it impossible to keep her mind properly on her own problems when he continued to look at her like that , so she picked him up on one niggling point that continued to irritate her . |
| 10 | Corratts when he came to look at black lead mine at Conistone 2s. 6d . " |
| 11 | He was linked with Cardiff in the summer when he decided to stay at the Brewery Field . |
| 12 | Were he to be called in the immigration debate Joshua would most certainly abandon the bookshop where he planned to spend at least part of the morning . |
| 13 | Another agent was recruited to the effort in Charlie 's Restaurant in Washington , where he arranged to sit at the bar with two packets of cigarettes in front of him , so that Secord and North could recognize who he was . |
| 14 | He too was in a position where he had to reply at |
| 15 | We used to call him Daddy Wilkins because he was the father of a large family , but they had all grown up , got married and spread about , so he was left on his own — probably not able to cook for himself which is why he went to live at Mrs Raw 's place . |