Example sentences of "[vb past] at the [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | " … over backwards to accommodate you , but it really does look , I 'm afraid , as though this incident with the canal and the cat has to be just about the last straw , ah Steve , I understand from Mr Ashton here — " Smith nodded at the older man , who pursed his lips and nodded back , " — that Mr ah … |
| 2 | He held his breath and sniffed at the dead man 's lips . |
| 3 | Pam sat up , her face flushed with happiness and an almost girlish embarrassment , and grinned at the two men who had just entered . |
| 4 | She stood up and grinned at the old man who owed her his life . |
| 5 | She glanced at the sleeping man . |
| 6 | He glanced at the two men in the back . |
| 7 | Mr Berkley glanced at the young man beside him . |
| 8 | He glanced at the older man striding so purposefully beside him . |
| 9 | Carradine hacked at the other man 's stick and a length of wood flew away . |
| 10 | He said I waved at the poor man like a loony . |
| 11 | He stared at the young man next to Philippa . |
| 12 | Mach stared at the other man a moment , wide-eyed , wondering , as he had so often lately , how DeVore came to know so much . |
| 13 | Cowley walked to the bed and stared at the silent man . |
| 14 | He stared at the old man . |
| 15 | The thirteen men laughed at the old man and rode on . |
| 16 | Swinging round in surprise , she looked at the elderly man who had spoken . |
| 17 | Rose Quinton looked at the extraordinary man and thought as many another had : what a pity ! |
| 18 | She looked at the young man , Clive . |
| 19 | Wycliffe looked at the young man and wondered how much longer he could carry on . |
| 20 | Kellerman looked at the dying man , then stepped away from the bed . |
| 21 | Susan looked at the dark man 's picture . |
| 22 | Nicholson turned and looked at the other man contemptuously . |
| 23 | Kenneth looked at the other man 's heavily jowled , prematurely aged face and shook his head . |
| 24 | He looked at the other men in the room , his eyes resting on his father . |
| 25 | Only the boy looked at the two men sledging a length of iron on the outside anvil . |
| 26 | Madame Giry looked at the two men and laughed . |
| 27 | I looked at the two men . |
| 28 | And her eyes too shone as she looked at the two men sitting there . |
| 29 | So I looked at the two men again . |
| 30 | Mike pushed the papers back across the desk and looked at the Old Man , who raised his eyebrows questioningly . |