Example sentences of "at the [adj] man [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He said I waved at the poor man like a loony .
2 He , the laibon , had heard Fahfakhs shouting at the accused man in the cells at Ewaso Narok police post before he was taken to the coast .
3 Simon Cormack stared in amazement at the tall man near the door , his raincoat half-open , holding up a clothes-peg in his left hand .
4 I turned to look at the young man beside me , his long fingered hands resting on the steering wheel .
5 Mr Berkley glanced at the young man beside him .
6 ‘ That will put your mother to a great deal of expense , ’ said Lessing , looking severely at the young man over his spectacles .
7 Connon stared down at the young man in the picture as if he was looking at a stranger and trying to analyse what made him seem vaguely familiar .
8 He stumbled but did n't fall , turning his motion to attack with balletic ease , and coming back at the other man with tremendous force .
9 The girl smiled shyly up at the big man behind the wheel and got a friendly grin in return .
10 The lawyer looked at the will , then at Poole , and finally at the dead man on the floor .
11 He smiled hopefully at the gaunt man beside him .
12 Down at the Green Man in Fownhope , most locals welcome the arrival of the oilmen
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