Example sentences of "[noun] at the [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned away from the scars near Warrendale Knots and dropped down by Middle High Hill to Settle and lunch at the Naked Man where the nicest ladies you could ever wish to meet serve real Yorkshire food , and plenty of it . |
| 2 | Athelstan fished in his purse and flicked a penny at the young man . |
| 3 | Make what you want of that , she thought , flicking a glance under her lashes at the silent man lounging opposite her . |
| 4 | She did n't know whether it was from the night that she had overheard his conversation with her mother in the bedroom , or when she saw him fling that shovel at the young man who , she knew , could have felled him with one blow , that she had lost all respect for him . |
| 5 | She stared in anger at the old man 's face , at his eyes which goggled anxiously at hers , then roved off when she met his look , his lips which caved in on his gums and mumbled and tightened as though he was always eating . |
| 6 | Simon Cormack stared in amazement at the tall man near the door , his raincoat half-open , holding up a clothes-peg in his left hand . |
| 7 | Her eyes flit an almost imperceptible challenge at the white man sitting opposite her to agree that indeed the darkest of dark is the most beautiful . |
| 8 | He made an Open pass at the young man only to meet with a rebuff . |
| 9 | He smiled at the other man , then smiled at Beth , then at Cissie who , struck with horror at the thin man 's strikingly unpleasant face , pressed herself closer to Beth . |
| 10 | ‘ He shook his stick at the old man , who stepped back in surprise . |
| 11 | Agnes watched the young , plump , matronly lady look at the young man , whom she imagined to be the same age as his wife . |
| 12 | He shot a single exasperated look at the young man then turned to me . |
| 13 | He took a long look at the approaching man , who was obviously not keen on leaving the shelter of the trees . |
| 14 | Ebert glared pure hatred at the big man 's back . |
| 15 | ‘ I say , you 're in luck , ’ Modi said pointing to the note at the poor man 's foot . |