Example sentences of "[verb] at his [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He doubled up laughing at his own joke . |
| 2 | And he wonders at his own sanity when he hears of the wealth of some of his rivals . |
| 3 | ( This was a circumstance paralleled at his own funeral , when the friends and relations of the woman he 'd been living with for part of the week since the early 1960s stole the show from us , the pathetic huddle of the family of his middle years . ) |
| 4 | ( Abberley looks at his own cardiograph for a time . |
| 5 | The proctologist hooted at his own wit before asking which of my father 's famous wives was my mother . |
| 6 | He was bound to provide at his own cost one riding forester and two walking foresters to keep his bailiwick , and to perform the military service of ‘ going in the army at the King 's cost wherever the King goes ’ . |
| 7 | Michael decides he needs time , time to explore at his own pace projects involving the art of photography , video , tape slide , drama , art and design , computing , creative writing , music … |
| 8 | Antonio roared at his own humour , joined by Christina and Stephen , while his wife stood silent . |
| 9 | He answered that one himself , looking at his own floor . |
| 10 | St Augustine taught that God had created man in his own image and so it was by looking at his own soul that man would discover God : ‘ May I know myself ! may I know thee ! ’ he had cried . |
| 11 | He was discovered by his father , who at first did n't realise he was looking at his own son . |
| 12 | And he was looking at his own face . |
| 13 | It must have been a proud moment for William Lee , particularly as " Monarch " and " Renown " were both built at his own yard . |
| 14 | The years spent at Cass enabled Rod Morris to evolve at his own pace and allowed his intuition the subtle space it required . |
| 15 | The years spent at Cass enabled Rod Morris to evolve at his own pace and allowed his intuition the subtle space it required . |
| 16 | ‘ But I think of you as a creative writer , ’ he hazarded at last , amazed at his own effrontery . |
| 17 | Ludens , amazed at his own emotion , found he was kneeling on one knee . |
| 18 | A glimpse of his flamboyant lifestyle can be seen at his former Nottinghamshire home , NEWSTEAD ABBEY , a beautifully preserved tribute to this great Romantic . |
| 19 | He was buried at his own request , in Glasgow . |
| 20 | Equipped at his own expense , the Millard laboratory opened in January 1886 . |
| 21 | Meanwhile Queen Charlotte had asked to be the dedicatee of some of Mozart 's works which Leopold duly had engraved at his own expense ( K.10–15 , sonatas for keyboard and violin or flute and 'cello , published as op.III ) . |
| 22 | Fred asked suddenly , wincing at his own audacity . |
| 23 | Erm Isaac Azimov writes er , rather amusingly about this , he says why did , why did Weismann bother , he said Weismann was Jewish , of course , Weismann knew that since time immemorial , er , Jewish little boys have been having their foreskins chopped off , Weismann only had to look at his own children , when they were born , to see that even Jewish little boys are born with foreskins . |
| 24 | He did not for a while want to look at his own face . |
| 25 | He , Lewis , was quite prepared to get the place redecorated at his own expense . |
| 26 | In 1887 he was allowed to resign at his own request . |
| 27 | Tottenham fans are still waiting to see the England Under-21 international produce the scintillating form that he displayed at his former club Portsmouth . |
| 28 | Coleridge , still lame , chafed at his own confinement , especially when his friends set off one evening towards the hills , leaving him useless and lonely in Tom Poole 's garden arbour . |
| 29 | This is what I call the strategy of non-decision , the decision that we will do nothing , that we wo n't harass the child , that we will give the child time to relax and move at his own pace , rather than determining the pace that we feel the child ought to be following . |
| 30 | The mercenary looked them up and down once again , saw the almost joyful light in Isay 's eyes , and then glanced at his own men behind him . |