Example sentences of "[adv] at the [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | Howard almost laughs aloud at the young man 's distaste for the prospect . |
| 2 | Connon stared down at the young man in the picture as if he was looking at a stranger and trying to analyse what made him seem vaguely familiar . |
| 3 | The others , grouped around him , stood in silence looking down at the stricken man . |
| 4 | Down at the Green Man in Fownhope , most locals welcome the arrival of the oilmen |
| 5 | Behind the screen Wycliffe looked down at the dead man : middle or late forties , probably above average height , bony , but with a tendency to corpulence sedentary : the disease of modern man . |
| 6 | Looking down at the dead man Wycliffe felt guilty because he was experiencing a sense of mild elation . |
| 7 | He grinned fondly at the younger man . |
| 8 | First the social worker went in at the old man 's request , and tried to persuade the daughter and son-in-law to leave . |
| 9 | Vera had started to climax again as she saw Vashinov pump away at the young man , his breathing rapid as he reached towards his orgasm . |
| 10 | Just to remind members of the club service committee that there is a meeting tonight at the Green Man Hotel at six fifteen . |
| 11 | It was struck not at the weak man who suffered it but at the strong God who was the man 's master . |
| 12 | The lawyer looked at the will , then at Poole , and finally at the dead man on the floor . |
| 13 | He smiled hopefully at the gaunt man beside him . |
| 14 | She felt angry inside , not only at her father 's stupid bragging but also at the young man 's attitude towards him . |
| 15 | Captain Lionel Dunbar looked reproachfully at the young man seated opposite him . |
| 16 | Agnes looked up at the young man and simpered . |
| 17 | He stopped , staring up at the old man , his face filled with an intent curiosity . |
| 18 | Kim stood there a moment longer , staring up at the old man . |
| 19 | Ebert looked up at the big man defiantly , spitting the words back at him . |
| 20 | The girl smiled shyly up at the big man behind the wheel and got a friendly grin in return . |
| 21 | ‘ That will put your mother to a great deal of expense , ’ said Lessing , looking severely at the young man over his spectacles . |
| 22 | Tsu Ma turned , looking back at the young man . |
| 23 | Glancing back at the young man waiting in the doorway , he gestured impatiently to Ellen . |
| 24 | He stumbled but did n't fall , turning his motion to attack with balletic ease , and coming back at the other man with tremendous force . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , Dr Markham , I was , ’ she nodded then looked back at the other man . |
| 26 | Cowley waited for the fury to abate , staring impassively at the little man . |
| 27 | The tale is all too familiar , but in this case it has a tragic poignancy : Leopold 's heart was broken by his son 's defection , and the rift between them remained unhealed even at the old man 's death . |
| 28 | Ewen Mackay had been staring hard at the other man while they talked . |
| 29 | he looked down at the two hands locked onto his arm and then at the small man hurrying on ahead , and realized that he still had his chaperons , and once again they were not of his own choosing … |
| 30 | Tsu Ma looked across at the young man , interested . |