Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stabbed angrily at the button . |
| 2 | He glowed now at the Archdeacon . |
| 3 | He got away at the cost of a couple of buttons and the boxer turned his attention to one of the ladies . |
| 4 | Angel 's fingers drummed angrily on the steering wheel as he gazed moodily at the long , straight road ahead of them . |
| 5 | Then he gazed absently at the window for some minutes , blinking . |
| 6 | He gazed again at the madonna he had sat beside when her child was just born . |
| 7 | And those mines , ’ he gazed across at the fells but , true to his wits , in the wrong direction , ‘ they open them up every six or seven years , they take what they want and then they close them down . |
| 8 | A few days after his mother died , a friend recalls that he gazed lovingly at a photograph of his mother , while pondering whether life continues after death . |
| 9 | He gazed longingly at the sandwiches , Gentleman 's Relish , but he did not take one — neither did Aunt Tossie eat her scone . |
| 10 | He gazed wildly at the neighbour who said crossly , ‘ Jean Powers . |
| 11 | He kicks moodily at the carpet . |
| 12 | He looks longingly at the teapot and the tiny red cups . |
| 13 | He tried again at the corner and got a smooth rounded canter . |
| 14 | Directly he was in , he jerked impatiently at the reins , called to the horse , and they were off ! |
| 15 | When I ask our guide who lives there , he glances disapprovingly at the slums . |
| 16 | He peered carefully at the slim frail woman who stood so resolutely out on the porch . |
| 17 | Through each performance he would stand at the rear of the audience , his arms crossed and his head sunk down into his body as he peered intently at the stage . |
| 18 | One per over per batsman is the ration , with a bouncer being defined as a ball passing over the batsman 's shoulder as he stands upright at the crease . |
| 19 | He winced slightly at the sharpness in her voice , then bowed his head . |
| 20 | So he says , he stopped right at the side of it right , yes . |
| 21 | ’ He shouted petulantly at a boy who was carving a word on an almond tree . |
| 22 | Here she found Mrs Geary , kindly smoothing Twomey 's hair with her hand , while he boned away at an elegant shoe . |
| 23 | He stirred uneasily at the suspicions the steward had provoked . |
| 24 | He poked warily at the dark mound . |
| 25 | He shoots twice at the cashier , but misses both times . |
| 26 | Vice-chairman Sydney Moss revealed : ‘ He came here at the age of four , then stood on the Kop when he was old enough . |
| 27 | He came home at the home did n't you ? |
| 28 | He studied hard at the Epistle to the Hebrews . |
| 29 | But he 's making a bit of a habit is n't he , Notts County I think it was , very much the same situation ; three two then for a three all draw , he scored right at the end then . |
| 30 | Sometimes you make a mistake , and you are not a Bisu at all , but simply what they " — he gestured resignedly at the howling spectators — " call us all anyway , just " lady boys " ! " |