Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He even , when accompanying , transposes a prima vista ; and everywhere Italian or French works are put before him , which he plays off at sight . |
| 2 | He beamed broadly at Finnan 's grinning face , showing pink , empty gums . |
| 3 | He beamed amiably at Fribble , who at once said , ‘ Quite right . |
| 4 | Over her shoulder he gleamed triumphantly at Sir Thomas . |
| 5 | He winked broadly at Lucinda , who flicked her lighter and winked back . |
| 6 | " This way we 'll get to see more of the real Saigon , " he said loudly for the benefit of their father — then he winked confidentially at Joseph and whispered in his ear : " And the last one there is a horse 's ass . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a good price and — ’ he winked slyly at Erika — ‘ and for another twenty marks they 'll wear gipsy dress . ’ |
| 8 | He winked conspiratorially at Kelly . |
| 9 | He winked across at Emily . |
| 10 | The Union Leaders he met today at Calverton Miners Welfare say they 'll challenge the closure through the pit review procedure . |
| 11 | He was strongly tempted to stay on the train and take his chance but remembering the man he had seen the Railway Police arrest he got off at Lichtenberg and bought a ticket at the machine . |
| 12 | He gazed up at Cornelius through the unfractured lens of his spectacles . |
| 13 | Ivan 's eyes opened ; he gazed up at Rakovsky . |
| 14 | When he woke he gazed up at Dot almost as though he knew her , yet she could n't be sure if he really saw her , for his eyes had a distant faraway look like a sailor in the Navy staring across the Pacific seas . |
| 15 | Wolsey 's hard eyes softened as he gazed back at Benjamin . |
| 16 | He gazed hopefully at Mr Brown 's apple tree . |
| 17 | Adorned with lavish side-whiskers , Reuter , succinct of speech but a superb salesman , was short and lively ; he gazed sharply at visitors through pince-nez spectacles . |
| 18 | He had missed her moment — he knew he had missed it — ; yet his eyes softened suddenly , and you could almost see the shadow fall from his shoulders as he twinkled down at Laura where she knelt before her dying fire . |
| 19 | She housekeeping for aunt Bessie and the lodger in South Stainmore , and he farming over at North Stainmore . |
| 20 | ( He looks up at GUIL — embarrassed laugh . ) |
| 21 | He looks up at Paul , his face blubbery . |
| 22 | He looks up at Paul . |
| 23 | He looks thoughtfully at TOBY . |
| 24 | [ He looks down at PAMELA . ] |
| 25 | The manor house he built here at Halling was most likely in the style of Luddesdown Court , constructed mostly of flint and stone . |
| 26 | I mean , the so-called solicitor he found out at Saint-Maxime was a boy , hardly even qualified . |
| 27 | No um Michael Fraser Associates have now started a lobbying operation which is run for them by the former Chief Executive of the Tory Party in Scotland whose name I 've forgotten but he lives down at Tiningham in East Lothian ah , now if I could get him in if Fred does n't object and again if Fred did n't object and the other guy did n't object it might be worth getting a member of Parliament in |
| 28 | Moments later he drew up at Hell Bunker , a deep , sprawling dune that once was the most famous bunker in all of St Andrews . |
| 29 | He shouts especially at Pyjamas , who skulks off for a broom . |
| 30 | He peered again at Helen . |