Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] he [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kress stopped as he looked at the blued muzzle of the .38 . |
| 2 | Then her heart sank as he grinned at Doreen . |
| 3 | His eyes flickered as he looked at her , and she knew he was searching his mind for a joke . |
| 4 | Cotterell nodded as he looked at the list of biographical queries . |
| 5 | He frowned as he stared at the brown water still gushing from the tap . |
| 6 | He grinned as he came at her again . |
| 7 | Otley called as he charged at the Romans . |
| 8 | The twist of his mouth betrayed an inner fury , while his eyes blazed as he looked at her . |
| 9 | so er , cos me heart was in me mouth when they come up for Christmas , and that 's the last time they were up I thought me tree 's gon na go over , you know , I thought if he pulls at me tree or anything , but , he was , he was as good as gold for not , he was n't trying to get me ornaments or anything , he was er , you know , just happy to play with his own toys , so he was n't naughty . |
| 10 | All he saw as he glanced at her was his little wife , shy as a fieldmouse , clinging to his hand . |
| 11 | I think the image might have been a ghost-negative of doctor number one — his black tracksuit and powerpack plimsolls , and the satisfied wince he gave as he pointed at my chest with a shake of his head . |
| 12 | WHEN bought Burston windmill he could never have envisaged all the changes which would take place — but he always chuckled when he looked at the map — geographically he had bought the high ground . |
| 13 | Cowley took the picture and smiled as he peered at it . |
| 14 | She waited until he stabbed at her then , using her left forearm to block his wrist , she followed up by slamming the heel of her right hand against his chin and kneeing him in the groin . |
| 15 | When Michele had retrieved the crutch from the back seat Luce followed him into the bare concrete building and waited while he knocked at the door of one of the ground-floor flats . |
| 16 | Joe , a 61-year-old housing supervisor , of Portland House , Longlands , said when he arrived at the loft yesterday morning the outer door had been nailed up from the outside . |
| 17 | He was walking out of the tower when he glanced up , stopped , froze as he stared at the horror above his head . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh God , ’ he whispered as he stared at his captors , his eyes bulging madly . |
| 19 | But Buttons still had hold and if anything quickened as he galloped at the hedge . |
| 20 | His tone gentled as he looked at Mrs Foster . |
| 21 | His good eye glittered as he stared at them . |