Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] at his " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to look at his features . |
| 2 | Thinking back now , Creggan could still hear the calls of anger and alarm of his parents , as he hissed at the man coming at him and tried to strike at his hands with his beak and talons . |
| 3 | A BOY yesterday told how he had developed dizzy spells and a craving for chocolate soon after a nurse accused of murdering four children came to live at his home . |
| 4 | Thérèse came to kneel at his feet . |
| 5 | He looked north to where the City ended abruptly on the shores of the icy Baltic , then turned to smile at his personal secretary , Chang Shih-sen . |
| 6 | Patrick turned to look at his sister . |
| 7 | Gregson turned to look at his companion . |
| 8 | He waited , watching John 's hands shielding the spark from the tinder , and the moment he finished , he turned to descend at his back . |
| 9 | Jack happened to glance at his had . |
| 10 | He promised to take the cast to him in the morning , and I arranged to call at his office at noon to learn what he had discovered from the dentist . |
| 11 | He began to beat at his head with his gloved hands as his face began to sink into the floor . |
| 12 | And twice as impossible while an insistent question , as tormenting as any nightmare , began to beat at his brain . |
| 13 | Mahmoud gave a cry of disgust and began to beat at his legs . |
| 14 | My hackles began to rise at his tone but I kept my voice calm . |
| 15 | I started to claw at his body and rip his pyjamas . |
| 16 | He had not , of course , expected to arrive at his objective quite so easily . |
| 17 | When the load failed to arrive at his firm 's nearby timber yard by 11.30am , he went to the dock to investigate . |
| 18 | Minutes later , Jack went to sit at his stepfather 's bedside in a private ward . |
| 19 | Would he ever have got to the Olympics if every time he went to train at his local track he got swamped by the waste from a few thousand local toilets ? |
| 20 | He was almost home before he thought to look at his watch . |
| 21 | He threw the letter aside , and went to stare at his Supper at Emmaus . |
| 22 | Remember that he says he then , in his fright at what he had done , went to peer at his victim , and found that he had struck down the wrong man . |
| 23 | Paul was not really interested ; he preferred to work at his book in the evenings , using a culza lamp . |
| 24 | Leith got started on her work , doubting very much that they would so much as catch a glimpse of their new ‘ colleagues ’ , but she had to smile at his quaint terminology for the higher ranks . |
| 25 | She just had to smile at his optimism , even if she did n't share it . |
| 26 | Ellwood continued to look at his reflection in the glass . |
| 27 | Erm Isaac Azimov writes er , rather amusingly about this , he says why did , why did Weismann bother , he said Weismann was Jewish , of course , Weismann knew that since time immemorial , er , Jewish little boys have been having their foreskins chopped off , Weismann only had to look at his own children , when they were born , to see that even Jewish little boys are born with foreskins . |
| 28 | Buddie continued to stare at his newspaper . |
| 29 | The music shop continued to be critical ; Arthur continued to chisel at his workbench . |
| 30 | Cashman continued to gaze at his phone . |