Example sentences of "he [verb] at [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't want to hear what he would say , did n't want to compound this foolishness with more folly , did n't want to hear him gloat at her easy capitulation . |
| 2 | Looked very dangerous there , he got at his left full back , er the sad thing from Shrewsbury 's point of view is that he keeps getting down that right wing and he keeps getting crosses in . |
| 3 | He gazed at her shapely legs , exposed as far as her thighs . |
| 4 | He gazed at her bent head as she read through her notes , and she looked up and smiled faintly at him . |
| 5 | He gazed at his subordinate . |
| 6 | He looks at its age-old mysteries and traditions as well as the modern rituals and victuals that we have come to enjoy today . |
| 7 | He peered at her wet face . |
| 8 | He licked at his damaged hand with his enormous soft pink tongue , just like a dog washing itself . |
| 9 | He arrived at his final year at high school in good fettle and with enough good grades to get to university if he wanted . |
| 10 | His early history was not revealed , but when he arrived at his new home he was hostile , aggressive , and even savage ; and people were forced to take to their own heels to save themselves from his ! |
| 11 | He glanced at her draggled hair beside Marion 's flowing curls , and started to grin . |
| 12 | Instead he glanced at her delicate china tea-cup and saucer and marvelled afresh that he had never , in all his life , actually seen her eat . |
| 13 | He glanced at her blue satin blouse . |
| 14 | He glanced at her left hand . |
| 15 | He glanced at her Little Nell attire , the white pantaloons peeping out from under layers of petticoats , the bright blue skirt , white shawl , and the becoming poke bonnet . |
| 16 | He glanced at her woebegone face , his eyes intent and probing . |
| 17 | He glanced at his sodden list under the street-lamp . |
| 18 | He glanced at his young colleague , Matthew . |
| 19 | He glanced at his young companion ; a thin scrag of a man , with a long thin nose and small sunken eyes . |
| 20 | He sensed that his father was silently demanding some expression of regret , but whenever he glanced at his grim , unsmiling face he found it impossible to summon an apology to his lips . |
| 21 | She moaned softly , returning his kisses , sliding her hands up and down his back , glorying in his unrestrained response as he shuddered at her exploratory touch . |
| 22 | His head went back and he laughed at her mutinous expression , the glint in his eyes deepening , before leaning forward again and addressing her with quiet insistence . |
| 23 | He found the personal habits of the coolie recruiter deeply repugnant and this only increased the resentment he felt at his helpless dependence on him for replacements to his dwindling labor force . |
| 24 | But as Storr demonstrates with the aid of two stunningly beautiful passages from Churchill 's early novel Savrola , the pen was better suited to delineating the bleak impotence he felt at his innermost core . |
| 25 | He looked at her odd appearance and then frowned . |
| 26 | But as he looked at her innocent lips , he thought this pure child of nature could only have picked up the question from others . |
| 27 | He looked at her long and hard , then continued softly . |
| 28 | He looked at her long and steadily . |
| 29 | He looked at her perturbed face . |
| 30 | He looked at her delicate hands and pale face . |