Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] at his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thank you , ’ she said quietly , deciding not to protest at his reluctant gesture of chivalry . |
| 2 | One frail , thin hand went up to pull at his wispy grey goatee , the other moved slightly on the staff , inclining it towards the distant line of men . |
| 3 | It looked as if Berowne had clutched it as he fell , half-pulling it from the bed , so that it lay partly bunched at his right side . |
| 4 | Three nights she had been imprisoned here — the last one without food or water , since the guard had not come at his usual time . |
| 5 | ‘ I hope so , ’ he said , in response to the suggestion that , after going through eight clubs in his short career , he had finally arrived at his spiritual home . |