Example sentences of "he [verb] at [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Predictably , he chortled at his own execrable pun . |
| 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 | The policeman knows OK and tells me , but he looks at me funny all the time . |
| 8 | I ask Mr Jackson if I can take all my plants , and he looks at them doubtful like . |
| 9 | And he wonders at his own sanity when he hears of the wealth of some of his rivals . |
| 10 | He very much admired the poetry of Ebenezer Elliott , the Corn Law Rhymer , that is , a poet who helped to lead the opposition to the laws which kept the price of bread artificially high , and said ‘ None of us have done better than he has at his best ’ . |
| 11 | He peered at her wet face . |
| 12 | Why was he looking at her that way ? |
| 13 | He licked at his damaged hand with his enormous soft pink tongue , just like a dog washing itself . |
| 14 | He arrived at his final year at high school in good fettle and with enough good grades to get to university if he wanted . |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | ‘ Detente ’ quickly became a pejorative term , and President Reagan , elected in 1980 , referred to the USSR in a celebrated phrase as an ‘ evil empire ’ ; the Russians , he declared at his first press conference , would ‘ lie and cheat and pursue their ends of world domination ’ . |
| 17 | Tottenham fans are still waiting to see the England Under-21 international produce the scintillating form that he displayed at his former club Portsmouth . |
| 18 | The day after that , Tobie was commanded to the Palace and returning , seized Loppe by the arm and marched him into the workroom John le Grant had devised for himself , where he scowled at them both . |
| 19 | He glanced at her draggled hair beside Marion 's flowing curls , and started to grin . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He glanced at her blue satin blouse . |
| 22 | He glanced at her left hand . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He glanced at her woebegone face , his eyes intent and probing . |
| 25 | He glanced at them both . |
| 26 | He glanced at his sodden list under the street-lamp . |
| 27 | He glanced at his young colleague , Matthew . |
| 28 | He glanced at his young companion ; a thin scrag of a man , with a long thin nose and small sunken eyes . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He fires at it three times to try and open it , but without success . |