Example sentences of "man [verb] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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1 | The man moved to stand at the top of the stairs , barring their way , and then he recognized the young man . |
2 | The little man began to kick at the tentacle in fury . |
3 | Now the big man finished gnawing at the bone and tossed it into the grass , smiling ruefully . |
4 | Earlier Kevin McNamara , Labour 's shadow Northern Ireland Secretary , described his own meeting on Ulster policy as ‘ overshadowed by a man coming to gloat at the scene of one the gravest blows to democracy carried out in these islands : the bombing of the Conservative Party conference ’ . |
5 | ( Abrams was a young , bright , sharp lawyer , always well-tailored , and with an air of fierce aceticism ; he will reappear often in this story as a man trying to keep at the edge of it , and usually succeeding . |
6 | The man continued to hack at the body , right down to the bone and intestines . |