Example sentences of "at them as " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a danger in reading the classics , in that they can come to be regarded simply as literature — so always try to look at them as plays for performance — and , it goes without saying , try to see as much theatre as you can . |
| 2 | His mother looked nervously at them as they came in long after dark — she was obdurately against the recalling of ‘ the bad old times ’ and she would neither ask them what they had seen nor let them tell her . |
| 3 | He was looking at them as though they were ill or crazed . |
| 4 | There 's still some old leaves that ai n't been brushed up yet , so I kick at them as I go along . |
| 5 | Sometimes , she would stare at them as they were talking and they would grow smaller and smaller , like a genie going back into a lamp . |
| 6 | They looked so filthy and disreputable that a woman walking her dog stopped to stare at them as they straggled wearily across the wide , almost deserted beach . |
| 7 | What does matter is that you 're wearing yourself to a shadow to make a bare livelihood — and my hands are tied , ’ he said violently , looking down at them as though he longed to tear off the invisible fetters . |
| 8 | His steps were slow , moving to the kennels where the lurchers lived , fastening them to their leads , shouting at them as they leapt up at him in excitement . |
| 9 | They collided with a labourer , pushing a wheelbarrow of demolition debris , and he swore loudly at them as they scampered away . |
| 10 | Some said they had seen the quizzical , grey-whiskered faces staring up at them as they crouched on the two boards above the refuse pit , peering at the nervous men from beside the walls of the cubicles and showing no apprehension . |
| 11 | As Martin Crowe said , after noting that the 50-overs match was New Zealand 's first international since the third Test against Sri Lanka on the same ground over 10 months previously : ‘ I think it was realistic to look at them as favourites , but I was surprised by the margin . ’ |
| 12 | It 's for throwing at them as you retreat into the living room . |
| 13 | Lizzy was so far gone by this time that she just smiled at them as they took her out to the meat wagon . |
| 14 | It vanished for a while , but then shone brightly at them as the car reached the top of the small hill and again they shielded their eyes to look at it like actors on a stage . |
| 15 | And er now this chap him a wan he he was about ninety and him and his pal , they said , Well we 'll lie in the , there were a lot of bull rushes , we 'll lie in these bull rushes , he says , And we 'll throw bricks at them as they go by , at these two police and er this blackleg . |
| 16 | Passers-by step into the gutter and try not to look at them as they both lean against walls and shop-fronts , laughing helplessly . |
| 17 | Donna had squinted at them as she 'd read . |
| 18 | Xanthe spread out the soft folds of her skirt and looked at them as Miranda quickly splashed water into her armpits , round her neck , on her face , muttering , ‘ I wish I 'd just had time to wash my hair . ’ |
| 19 | Caroline stared at them as they began a rapid , incomprehensible exchange in Malti , sickened by her own feelings of painful rejection . |
| 20 | Brambles caught at them as they slithered down . |
| 21 | He kept grinning at them as though they were all three the very best of friends , but clearly that was n't quite so . |
| 22 | She did n't get on well with them anyway ; probably she married as much to get at them as anything else . |
| 23 | He smiled at them as he went out . |
| 24 | ‘ The geese make much noise , ’ Marguerite remarked , frowning at them as she sped past . |
| 25 | McAllister , happily unaware of who made up the party , watched these inhabitants of the world in which she had lived since she was eight years old stare and chatter as they made their way through the doorway , Mr Sands bowing and scraping at them as befitted a poor relation to whom they were doing a favour , the rest of the bazaar 's patrons staring at these strange beings , male and female , as though they were visitors from another planet , perhaps one described by Mr H. G. Wells . |
| 26 | Anya springs up at them as the door swings wide . |
| 27 | Hitherto social mobility research has tried to understand how men move up and down the social ladder by looking at them as isolated individuals , neither helped nor hindered by family life . |
| 28 | I went downstairs to help the Binkworthys in with their bags , and also to get a look at them as I was mildly curious , not to mention nosey . |
| 29 | He fired seven times with the Spencer , taking his time as they came at him , and emptied his Colt revolver at them as they ran . |
| 30 | People glanced at them as they went by ; the ugly little scene they 'd played out had not gone unnoticed . |