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 .
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