Example sentences of "[vb past] at the [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | He held his breath and sniffed at the dead man 's lips . |
| 2 | She stood up and grinned at the old man who owed her his life . |
| 3 | She glanced at the sleeping man . |
| 4 | Mr Berkley glanced at the young man beside him . |
| 5 | Carradine hacked at the other man 's stick and a length of wood flew away . |
| 6 | He said I waved at the poor man like a loony . |
| 7 | He stared at the young man next to Philippa . |
| 8 | Mach stared at the other man a moment , wide-eyed , wondering , as he had so often lately , how DeVore came to know so much . |
| 9 | Cowley walked to the bed and stared at the silent man . |
| 10 | He stared at the old man . |
| 11 | The thirteen men laughed at the old man and rode on . |
| 12 | Swinging round in surprise , she looked at the elderly man who had spoken . |
| 13 | Rose Quinton looked at the extraordinary man and thought as many another had : what a pity ! |
| 14 | She looked at the young man , Clive . |
| 15 | Wycliffe looked at the young man and wondered how much longer he could carry on . |
| 16 | Kellerman looked at the dying man , then stepped away from the bed . |
| 17 | Susan looked at the dark man 's picture . |
| 18 | Nicholson turned and looked at the other man contemptuously . |
| 19 | Kenneth looked at the other man 's heavily jowled , prematurely aged face and shook his head . |
| 20 | Mike pushed the papers back across the desk and looked at the Old Man , who raised his eyebrows questioningly . |
| 21 | I looked at the old man calmly sitting on his mat and hated him , knowing — knowing myself — that nothing would come of this . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're proud of it , are n't you , Aged ? ’ said Wemmick , his face losing all its usual hardness as he looked at the old man . |
| 23 | Monks hesitated and looked at the old man , but Mr Brownlow 's expression was so serious and determined that the younger man realized it was pointless to protest . |
| 24 | She looked at the old man . |
| 25 | Conway looked at the old man and felt afraid . |
| 26 | Karen looked at the old man and for a moment she saw something cold and frightening in his smiling eyes . |
| 27 | He looked at the old man , peering darkly under his down-drawn brows ; and there was one who would have questioned and writhed and wondered , pondering long before he would have given any answer , and then , most likely , regretting the answer he had given , whatever it chanced to be . |
| 28 | Brown looked at the old man . |
| 29 | Blake looked at the old man . |
| 30 | ‘ Eh , gracias , eh , señor , ’ I half spat at the small man as I turned my back on him and left . |