Example sentences of "[adv prt] at the [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | Connon stared down at the young man in the picture as if he was looking at a stranger and trying to analyse what made him seem vaguely familiar . |
| 2 | The others , grouped around him , stood in silence looking down at the stricken man . |
| 3 | Down at the Green Man in Fownhope , most locals welcome the arrival of the oilmen |
| 4 | Behind the screen Wycliffe looked down at the dead man : middle or late forties , probably above average height , bony , but with a tendency to corpulence sedentary : the disease of modern man . |
| 5 | Looking down at the dead man Wycliffe felt guilty because he was experiencing a sense of mild elation . |
| 6 | First the social worker went in at the old man 's request , and tried to persuade the daughter and son-in-law to leave . |
| 7 | Agnes looked up at the young man and simpered . |
| 8 | He stopped , staring up at the old man , his face filled with an intent curiosity . |
| 9 | Kim stood there a moment longer , staring up at the old man . |
| 10 | Ebert looked up at the big man defiantly , spitting the words back at him . |
| 11 | The girl smiled shyly up at the big man behind the wheel and got a friendly grin in return . |
| 12 | Tsu Ma turned , looking back at the young man . |
| 13 | Glancing back at the young man waiting in the doorway , he gestured impatiently to Ellen . |
| 14 | He stumbled but did n't fall , turning his motion to attack with balletic ease , and coming back at the other man with tremendous force . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , Dr Markham , I was , ’ she nodded then looked back at the other man . |