Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] at [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He only laughed at her fears . |
| 2 | He does n't look at your feet , he only looks at your teeth . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He persistently called at her home , sent letters and made phone calls . |
| 5 | Usually he just sat at his desk and waited quietly for four o'clock to come , when he could go home . |
| 6 | My father used to spend hours on the lavatory smoking and reading the paper ; when he finally emerged at my mother 's disgusted summons , a rich smell of shit and tobacco would sidle out into the corridor . |
| 7 | He thus arrived at his city 's University in the Depression , well primed for encounters there with the suspect notions of Eliot , Pound and T E Hulme . |
| 8 | He always arrives at his desk around 7.30am , giving him time to sign cheques and deal with some administration before the phones start ringing . |
| 9 | ‘ He was so busy worryin' over what ‘ antiquarian ’ meant that he hardly glanced at our visas . |
| 10 | For the first time in his life , he really looked at his son , weighing up this product of the first six months of marriage before disillusionment set in . |
| 11 | God , he 's nice , and he really works at his polo , every evening , lining up ball after ball , and practising penalties . |
| 12 | As he simply smiled at her reaction , she hurried on to ask a question of her own . |