Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] at [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gina had once owned a wedding ring , but had chucked it at him in an early quarrel before disappearing for days . |
| 2 | ‘ We thought that they would throw everything at us from the start , ’ said Andy Probert , 38 , the Cambridge cox — and so it proved . |
| 3 | Looking round , he saw that the young accomplice had retrieved the knife and was pointing it at him like a gun , stammering : ‘ You 'd better let him go , d' you hear ? ’ |
| 4 | I recoiled when she thrust it at me from a pocket . |
| 5 | Maisie took a ten-pound note from Robert 's pocket and waved it at him through the glass . |
| 6 | Thereafter she welcomed Paul 's embraces , thrusting herself at him in the way she had ended by doing on their first night . |
| 7 | She drew in deeply and exhaled through her nose , then snapped the cigarette briskly from her mouth and pointed it at him with a flourish . |
| 8 | Nor do I feel like setting myself up as an Aunt Sally just waiting for all those girls to throw themselves at me in the attempt to knock me off my perch ! ’ |