Example sentences of "at the [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claudia said , glancing at the watchful man , who was leaning against the door-frame as if to prevent any thought of escape she might have . |
| 2 | ‘ Eh , gracias , eh , señor , ’ I half spat at the small man as I turned my back on him and left . |
| 3 | he looked down at the two hands locked onto his arm and then at the small man hurrying on ahead , and realized that he still had his chaperons , and once again they were not of his own choosing … |
| 4 | ‘ I say , you 're in luck , ’ Modi said pointing to the note at the poor man 's foot . |
| 5 | He said I waved at the poor man like a loony . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Swinging round in surprise , she looked at the elderly man who had spoken . |
| 8 | He was aware of his father , glancing at the frozen man whose darkly bearded head still hung as if with shame , his body hunched , the cold seeping through the bear and wolf skins . |
| 9 | The human world and hell joined forces to scoff at the dying man . |
| 10 | Kellerman looked at the dying man , then stepped away from the bed . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | at the rich man 's gate . |
| 13 | She looked at the young man , Clive . |
| 14 | Agnes looked up at the young man and simpered . |
| 15 | Agnes watched the young , plump , matronly lady look at the young man , whom she imagined to be the same age as his wife . |
| 16 | She felt angry inside , not only at her father 's stupid bragging but also at the young man 's attitude towards him . |
| 17 | She did n't know whether it was from the night that she had overheard his conversation with her mother in the bedroom , or when she saw him fling that shovel at the young man who , she knew , could have felled him with one blow , that she had lost all respect for him . |
| 18 | ‘ That will put your mother to a great deal of expense , ’ said Lessing , looking severely at the young man over his spectacles . |
| 19 | I turned to look at the young man beside me , his long fingered hands resting on the steering wheel . |
| 20 | Vera had started to climax again as she saw Vashinov pump away at the young man , his breathing rapid as he reached towards his orgasm . |
| 21 | Lady Mary smiled at the young man as he doffed his topper to her , and walked her horse on , uncertain for a moment of her guest 's identity . |
| 22 | He made an Open pass at the young man only to meet with a rebuff . |
| 23 | Captain Lionel Dunbar looked reproachfully at the young man seated opposite him . |
| 24 | Tsu Ma looked across at the young man , interested . |
| 25 | Tsu Ma turned , looking back at the young man . |
| 26 | Howard almost laughs aloud at the young man 's distaste for the prospect . |
| 27 | He shot a single exasperated look at the young man then turned to me . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Mr Berkley glanced at the young man beside him . |
| 30 | Wycliffe looked at the young man and wondered how much longer he could carry on . |