Example sentences of "he [vb past] at [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She drew a breath as he gazed at it for an instant , watching its slow movements , the gentle opening of its tiny mouth as if expressing surprise . |
| 2 | That name clearly struck a chord in McIllvanney , for he frowned at me for a few seconds , but the chord must have faded for he shrugged it off . |
| 3 | He laughed at me for missing out on perfect Pipe the day before . |
| 4 | He looked at me for a while , thinking . |
| 5 | He looked at me for a moment then sighed and got up from the chair . |
| 6 | He looked at me for a moment , halted in the act of folding his stethoscope . |
| 7 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
| 8 | He looked at me for a minute . |
| 9 | He nodded and he looked at me for the first time . |
| 10 | He looked at her for a moment . |
| 11 | He looked at her for the first time with real unease . |
| 12 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 13 | He looked at her for the first time since the beginning ; her head was still turned away , her hands over her face ; she had shown no further response to anything he had done . |
| 14 | He looked at her for a long moment , puffing on his seisha , then spoke for the first time . |
| 15 | He looked at her for a minute , then he looked away , over her head , at the front of the court . |
| 16 | He looked at her for the first time and saw the tears on her cheeks that were glistening in the starlight . |
| 17 | He looked at her for what felt a long time , seemed about to say something more , but in the end let the moment pass . |
| 18 | He looked at her for several interminable seconds . |
| 19 | He looked at her for a long , silent moment , and Merrill dragged her gaze away with difficulty , maddened by her erratic heartbeat . |
| 20 | He looked at her for a long moment , and then he walked slowly towards her . |
| 21 | He looked at her for a long moment , and then he reached out and slid his hand under her hair , around the nape of her neck . |
| 22 | He looked at her for a moment , and a white smile brightened his suntanned face . |
| 23 | He looked at her for a moment , then decided . |
| 24 | He looked at it for a moment . |
| 25 | He looked at it for a second then got to his feet and stamped on the eye , hearing it pop beneath his foot . |
| 26 | He stared at her for a moment before saying , ‘ Tea , please . ’ |
| 27 | He stared at her for a moment and then shrugged and moved out of the kitchen and towards the back door . |
| 28 | He stared at her for several seconds as if he could not remember who she was . |
| 29 | He stared at her for a moment , then motioned with his head towards the door . |
| 30 | He stared at her for a minute , then stripped to the waist and started to scrub the clay off in the basin of steaming water . |