Example sentences of "[vb infin] he [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could feel him looking at her . |
| 2 | For the rest of the night , I could see him pointing at me and telling all the other guests what I had said to him . |
| 3 | We knew he was coming because we could see him calling at our neighbours in the yard first . |
| 4 | ‘ Your one-time intended 's folks , ’ she said — she did not see him wince at the Americanism ; she did not yet know him as well as Sally-Anne did . |
| 5 | Cowley could see him sitting at the garden table , staring blankly into the distance . |
| 6 | Well I 'd like to see a very open report , and that 's why I Mr , and I 'd like him to look at all the options , we 're deferring this so that we can see what 's possible , you know , , perhaps Hanson Trust would like to come along and offer us fifty million pounds for it , that 'd be a fair deal would n't it , perhaps somebody else would do that . |
| 7 | Does he work he work at Hunters on their |
| 8 | It soon became apparent that he had not only failed to read the book but had not even succeeded in struggling to the end of the blurb , though this did not of course stop him talking at length . |
| 9 | She could hear him sucking at a fruit gum . |
| 10 | I do n't want him getting at you . ’ |
| 11 | She said she did not want him staring at her , she wanted a bit of her life to herself ; without having to share it with Randolph Ash . |
| 12 | But on Adwick we have decided , and I 've told John or he 's been informed , that because we 've got a supervisor there I do n't want him starting at six in the morning . |
| 13 | No one could make him stay at school . |
| 14 | This applied in particular to the Prior , Father Stephen Bedale , a man of huge stature and extrovert character , and the kind of man who , had he been a layman , might have given the poet a hearty slap on the back in the belief that this would make him feel at home . |
| 15 | Nicholas Soames , the aristocratically toned and booming Tory MP for Crawley , can still make him stumble at the despatch box by muttering ‘ Another G and T , Giovanni ’ . |
| 16 | yeah I do n't think he looked at these last too much |
| 17 | ‘ Do you think he breakfasted at Downing Street ? ’ |
| 18 | I do n't think he looks at all well . ’ |
| 19 | I did n't think he swore at . |
| 20 | ’ As an extra inducement , Sergia , we could allow him to stare at your breasts for a while each day . ’ |
| 21 | Whenever Annunciata came to fetch the child she was firm : he must go at once or otherwise his mother would be displeased and might not allow him to come at all . |
| 22 | She would let him stay at the breast long after the milk had gone and the gentle , pulling movement as he continued to suck though he was no longer hungry were soothing . |
| 23 | This was one of the voyages in which the men of science were in charge , in that the point of the expedition was scientific ; often there had been frustration among scientists on voyages because the captain 's instructions , or his interpretation of them , did not let him stay at interesting places as long as they would have liked , or put enough boats and crews at their disposal . |
| 24 | Mind you , he shits himself does n't he , cos Johnny Giles was it 's controversial cos they would n't let him speak at the end of the game . |
| 25 | This time it 's the distance he 's travelled is given by erm What speed shall we let him go at ? |
| 26 | Although the rules laid down that he could not directly intervene he hissed at the hen who dutifully shrieked out a loud distress call . |
| 27 | And I had to ask a lad stood at front , I said can you ask him to stop at this stop please . |
| 28 | I might then ask him to look at his hands and see whether they are those of someone who does manual work or whether they seem to belong to a well-to-do person . |
| 29 | ‘ I did n't ask him to look at me . ’ |