Example sentences of "he [v-ing] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She expected to see him gazing at Comfort with the admiration she deserved , but in fact he was looking down at Julia . |
| 2 | I 've heard him shouting at Nicola in their bedroom , which is below mine , so I know that his polished and polite air is not the whole story . |
| 3 | I had hoped there would be a letter from him waiting at Benedict 's when I returned last night . |
| 4 | Holly was bubbling with the story of him arriving at work to find someone else installed in his office and his personal possessions in a heap in the corridor . |
| 5 | The image of him sobbing at night as he nursed his physical and psychological wounds is heart-rending . |
| 6 | No I said erm I had a conversation with Gillian about reading , about little bits of reading and , I made the point that we 'd said last night about him barking at print , reading through words that he did n't know and not asking what they were and she said she 'd noticed that . |
| 7 | It soon became apparent that he had not only failed to read the book but had not even succeeded in struggling to the end of the blurb , though this did not of course stop him talking at length . |
| 8 | Section 29 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ( P. & C.E. Act ) provides that he should be informed at once that he is under arrest if a decision is taken to prevent him leaving at will . |
| 9 | So what was he wel was he welding at Cartwrights ? |