Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] at his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes … ! ’ he said deeply , and then his mouth closed over hers , burningly sensual as his hands moved slowly up to tunnel into her thick black hair , and as her mouth opened beneath his the hunger swept them both again , their breathing quickening as the kiss took fire and his mouth was fierce , hot , demanding , his hands moving over her body as she heard his heart thudding violently at his chest , and she knew she was in danger of losing her mind with the sweet , hot rush of excitement . |
| 2 | They went on kissing , falling against the lift wall , Damian 's hard thigh thrust between hers as he lifted her , her heart thudding violently at his chest , moving his hard body against her soft , arching female body while she moaned hoarsely . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't fight me , ’ he said huskily , face flushed and eyes glittering like blue needles as he held on to her easily , his mouth burying in her hair , his heart thudding hard at his strong chest . |
| 4 | Her full mouth quivered slightly at his touch . |
| 5 | He made his eighteenth-century reader aware of the travel difficulties , and how they were surmounted — on steep hills by precipices the Highlander and his horse go carefully , the rider sometimes walking , always with a guide : ‘ The horseman has always at his side a native of the place , who , by pursuing game , or tending cattle , or often being employed in messages or conduct , has learned where the ridge of the hill has breadth sufficient to allow a horse and his rider a passage , and where the moss or bog is hard enough to bear them . ’ |
| 6 | In the icy smack of the delousing shower Marcus caught Gleeson looking appraisingly at his body . |
| 7 | Whenever Lachlan sought Marion , he always found both of them , close as praying hands , murmuring together , and raising their heads to smile sweetly at his frustration . |
| 8 | Andy worked hard at his game , and soon landed a job as an assistant to the Hunt family at Hartsbourne Country Club , with Ryder Cup players Bernard and Geoff Hunt and their father ‘ Pop ’ . |
| 9 | All 180 kids gathered right at his feet and he did a completely different show from any show that he 'd done in the sell-out places for five or six thousand . |
| 10 | Scott looked across at his companion . |
| 11 | Corbett stared hard at his old mentor . |
| 12 | Bonanza smiled contemptuously at his lawyer 's back . |
| 13 | The lorry pulled away from the kerbside with Tony the driver looking helplessly at his two friends . |
| 14 | Genius is the bust of Beethoven and Keats dying and Shelley dying and the size of War and Peace and poor old Sartre banging away at his trilogy and Hemingway paring it down to its essence and Monet unable to distinguish colours any more and Picasso staring out at the camera with his chest bare and his eyes blazing and Cézanne snarling like a dog and then walking out of Aix with his canvas and paints on his back to paint that mountain and Byron dying and Pushkin dying and all the rest of it . |
| 15 | While the wife of Ngo Van Loc served his breakfast and poured coffee the American boy peered anxiously at his father . |
| 16 | This motif occurs also at his church of North Runcton , Norfolk , rebuilt 1703–13 , which shares with All Saints ' in Northampton the plan of a Greek cross within a rectangle , probably derived from Wren 's St Mary-at-Hill . |
| 17 | As Emily nodded enthusiastically and kissed her mother 's cheek Alexander glanced quickly at his watch . |
| 18 | Simon worked late at his office then went on to places meeting people whom he ought to know , next morning he 'd say to her , You were awfully late last night where have you been ? |
| 19 | Regardless of its success or failure , the character sees a hideous , faceless spectral form which radiates intense cold and malice , with clawed talons reaching directly at his heart . |
| 20 | Nell smiled sweetly at his departing back and asked if I 'd ever noticed how important everything was to actors ? |
| 21 | Whenever I go to see him , he is vivified by his connection with so many passive consumers ; their purse-mouths suck greedily at his psychic account . |
| 22 | He relaxed to a walk on the pavement outside the White Hart pub , his large black portfolio held easily at his side by its single handle . |
| 23 | Fred stared hopefully at his empty glass . |
| 24 | Husband smiled contentedly at his own wit . |
| 25 | Piper glared angrily at his bulky silhouette . |
| 26 | He hung there for a second before slithering sideways , and as he slipped towards the ground the seladang hooked blindly at his body , knocking it this way and that , until one of its long horns caught and held . |
| 27 | The party who supplies the infant does so at his peril ; it will not avail him that he did not know that he was dealing with an infant , or that he thought that his position in life was such as to make the goods necessary , or that he did not know that the infant was already sufficiently supplied . |
| 28 | Pascoe glanced quickly at his navigator who , over the years had often been the source of sound advice . |
| 29 | Stephen laughed , and Felix felt vaguely resentful , but it was fine at the moment to see his friend laughing even at his expense , so he brushed the mood away and continued with an invention about Mao studying Princess Anne 's record at gymkhanas . |
| 30 | On top of these contracts , the girls , along with the other supermodels , can expect to earn anything from $7,000 to $25,000 for each catwalk appearance at twice-a-year shows , and Gianni Versace reportedly paid Turlington £50,000 to appear exclusively at his Milan show . |