Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] he [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at Jimmy Boyce , or rather he looked at his tie — all red and blue , almost patriotic , and yet the tie still hung at that curious angle . |
| 2 | Or so he says at the beginning of his book . |
| 3 | Frustration and lust tore at him , and so he tore at her . |
| 4 | I learnt by various devious means , ’ and here he winked at her , ‘ that they 'd been taken out by someone in the section that deals with the interrogation of defectors from the Soviet Union . |
| 5 | Willis told the cops , ‘ You 'll all be walking the fucking beat soon , ’ and then he yelled at the neighbours , ‘ Which of you bastards told the police ? ’ |
| 6 | Blattern the postman walked slowly across the green , more slowly than ever , whilst Alida waited , twitching at the curtains , and then he paused at their gate before walking past . |
| 7 | And then he struck at Fiver and scratched his ear . " |
| 8 | He chose the blackjack from a selection on a velvet tray , and then he looked at some handcuffs — real ones , this time , but heavier than regulation and suggestive of overkill . |
| 9 | and then he looked at the man . |
| 10 | He looked at the photo , and then he looked at Carl carefully and for a long time . |
| 11 | And when I showed him a list of names I had collected ( why , I do not know , I had some notion of an appeal or inquiry ) , he read : ‘ Lynch , Connally , Egan , Kelly … etc. ’ and then he looked at me and added , ‘ I was looking at the lists of those who died in the recent great victories of general Gough at Aliwal and Sobraon in India . |
| 12 | Harvey squeezed the sweat from his face with the edge of his hand and then he looked at his hand as though trying to tell his own fortune . |
| 13 | and then he looked at the row of trolleys tangled in the front of the car . |
| 14 | And then he glanced at Pete . |
| 15 | And then he smiled at her as if for the first time , a smile that made her think that he had been touched by God . |
| 16 | And then he looks at the priest , and adds , ‘ Now you tell me the truth … |
| 17 | my mum 's seventy five , how does she get back er ten pound of potatoes and all the week 's shopping , I say well I 'll go and then he moans at me cos I 'm running around after everybody else but |
| 18 | The tragic hero appears before him with an epic clarity and beauty , and yet he rejoices at the hero 's annihilation . |
| 19 | Again and again he swiped at Chloe , but she remained convinced that this was a game and every time her friend approached she darted away and went to sit somewhere else in the clearing , her tail brushing the ground frantically . |
| 20 | Again and again he despaired at the truth . |
| 21 | Again and again he fails at the offending cornice until , half-buried , half-dead , there is no snow left , the axes bite and he is up . |
| 22 | He works from a small workshop at his home in Blackpool and recently he exhibited at a craft fair in the resort , posing for our photographer with a collection of his work . |
| 23 | McCallen had problems with the carburration and as a result he never really got into the final practice but unofficially he lapped at over 119 mph only three seconds behind the overall leader Carl Fogarty . |
| 24 | He was pursued all over Galloway , Carrick and Kyle , and given little respite , but still he preached at well-attended conventicles , baptised children , and officiated at weddings . |
| 25 | But then he looked at Chen and saw how his friend 's eyes urged him to take Karr 's hand . |
| 26 | ‘ I had thought so but recently he hinted at another asset he hoped to dispose of that would bring in quite a lot of money . |