Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was clearly far more remote from the succession than William III , or at least his wife , had been but he was a Protestant and he duly landed at Greenwich on 18 September 1714 , with two mistresses in tow , both very plain . |
| 2 | He merely stared at her with his bulging eyes and she went on : ‘ There are biscuits in the tin by the cooker and there is plenty of milk if you want to make yourself a hot drink . ’ |
| 3 | He merely sipped at his strong coffee and ran a hand through his hair . |
| 4 | He merely sat at the coffee counter there , hour after hour , alone . |
| 5 | He was 64 — and too late : Boswell had already told Lady Macleod , therefore Johnson could not avoid the embarrassment he obviously felt at the prospect of congratulations . |
| 6 | erm And he obviously thought at least that he had shaken off religion for good . |
| 7 | But he only looked at her blankly , and gave no rueful half-smile in collusion . |
| 8 | He was nothing if not patriotic — that is , he only drank at pubs called the Queen 's Head or Arms . |
| 9 | He only laughed at her fears . |
| 10 | In the summer of 1904 Alf returned to Roker Park for a club record fee of £520 ( a record which has since been eclipsed ) , but he only stayed at Sunderland for seven months . |
| 11 | But he only smirked at them maliciously and kept silent . ) |
| 12 | She pointed at the crepe paper and told Jack it was another bad omen , but he only scoffed at her superstitions and went upstairs to collect his belongings . |
| 13 | He suddenly grinned at her , taking her arm . |
| 14 | ‘ It does n't matter to you much , does it ? ’ he suddenly shot at Owen . |
| 15 | He must have sensed that I was looking at him , he suddenly glanced at me out of the corner of his eyes and , still cleaning the mess tin with his finger , he said quietly , ‘ Why are you staring at me like that , Piper ? |
| 16 | On June 5th of that year he suddenly appeared at Racedown — ‘ he did not keep to the high road , but leaped over a gate and bounded down the pathless field ’ . |
| 17 | He persistently called at her home , sent letters and made phone calls . |
| 18 | In October 1967 , when he was manager of Chelsea he was suspended by the English FA for 28 days for alleged misconduct during a friendly match in Bermuda , where he persistently swore at a black referee . |
| 19 | He just stared at her . |
| 20 | By the time he got to me he was n't ranting and raving , he just stared at me with mad eyes . ’ |
| 21 | He just stared at the Duchess . |
| 22 | He just stared at the water . |
| 23 | He just stared at his outstretched feet . |
| 24 | He just stared at her , as if he wanted to say , ‘ I love you , and I know you love me . |
| 25 | He just stared at the tablecloth . |
| 26 | He just stared at me . |
| 27 | He just looked at me as if to say ‘ how did you know I was doing that ? ’ |
| 28 | Good old Bri , he just looked at me and my hair and said , ‘ It 's a porcupine ! ’ |
| 29 | He just looked at me and then punched me straight in the face . |
| 30 | I mean , he had no idea about what possibilities there were for me and he just looked at it as a very , very dodgy profession to want to go into . |