Example sentences of "[noun] at [pers pn] [conj] he " in BNC.
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1 | She did n't exactly replace it with a thump , but she saw fitzAlan glance at her before he sat up cautiously . |
2 | I could n't help thinking she was like a racehorse , and when Ward started questioning her , she answered him with such haughty condescension , such arrogance , that his face went white and I swear he 'd have play-acted the Gorbals slum kid and thrown a lot of four-letter words at her if he 'd known how to do it in Spanish . |
3 | An infra-red scanner winks its inflamed eye at him as he goes into the lounge in search of reading matter . |
4 | Tony thought the man was coming back for him because he 'd squirted water at him so he hid , but the man waved to Denise and she waved back . |
5 | But he had little reason yet to ask for a search warrant and Mr Simpson would go purple in the face and throw every legal book in his considerable library at him if he so much as tried . |
6 | Making two shots at it before he could manage the switch , he wondered if he 'd better not drink any more . |
7 | Flying in his hang-glider one sunny day a South African by the name of James Barthes , spotted a young woman sunbathing in the nude on her rooftop and made an obscene gesture at her as he glided overhead . |
8 | He said a man had taken a lunge at him and he had fallen to the ground . |
9 | I shone my torch at him and he made a face like he had just chewed a lemon : ‘ I 'm going to have to pull from higher up — I guess it 's the knot . ’ |
10 | Her husband only had one leg , and he used to sit in the corner all the time and wave his stick at you if he thought you were pinching anything . |
11 | And after putting her plate in front of her he kissed the bunched tips of his pudgy fingers and shot rolling-eyed glances of admiration at her as he murmured to Nathan . |
12 | Her cheeks flooded with colour and he slanted a derisive look at her as he opened the car door . |
13 | She shot a secret look at him but he was checking the machine , the slight conversation with Mitch dismissed from his mind — or maybe not . |
14 | Jenna stole a look at him and he was watching her intently , in every way intent . |
15 | We walk in and see these tables of hors d'oeuvres , and people standing round them , and then Sam Peckinpah takes a look at me and he says , ‘ Do n't you think you ought to have something to eat ? ’ |
16 | ‘ If it makes you feel any better , I 'll get the doctor to have a look at you when he comes . ’ |
17 | So I shouted to Paul to come and have a look at it and he says well the cheeky bugger . |
18 | I 've done this before , but I mean Tim will have to have a look at it when he |
19 | He has every right to bare his teeth at ye if he wants to . ’ |
20 | Then the two dogs strained at their chains and snapped their teeth at him as he crossed to the door and quietly left the room . |
21 | He pulled a face at her as he shifted a sheaf of papers towards him . |