Example sentences of "[vb past] he [verb] [adv] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anne stole a glance at John occasionally , and several times caught him looking intently at her , but each time he looked away quickly . |
| 2 | He stepped forward and allowed him to snip away at the stitching . |
| 3 | They heard him battering furiously at the panels and shouting hoarsely : ‘ What do you want with him ? |
| 4 | She watched him gazing amorously at those twin orbs , as white as marble , and as plump as pigeons . |
| 5 | It made him feel more at home . |
| 6 | No , it was not Jenny who made him look askance at the legacy . |
| 7 | Of course I asked him to look carefully at the locked room , but we did n't find anything important . ’ |
| 8 | Sophie saw him look anxiously at an upper window as he acknowledged the introduction , then he said ‘ We have to speak very quietly as our little girl is asleep and she does n't know that Sandy is ill . ’ |
| 9 | Then she saw him look across at her and smile , and all her uncertainties vanished like morning mist before the sun . |
| 10 | Why had he come here at all ? |
| 11 | She wanted him to stop yet at the same time wanted him to go on in the hope that the lovely sensations would begin again . |