Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] at i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like a mugger you leap out at me from the dark , and my rights as a woman are violated by your obscene masculinity ! |
| 2 | A wee grey woman wearing a headscarf peered out at me from the end of the bus queue . |
| 3 | He lay grinning up at me on the water , spreadeagled on his back with his arms splayed . |
| 4 | ‘ Funny little faces peering down at me through the branches overhead . |
| 5 | ‘ Two men sprang out at me from the little park . |
| 6 | Of all the things that sprung out at me on the paper in this report that we could actually do something about was to slot in a fifth round about the five o'clock crunch time and taken them out the market but I |
| 7 | ‘ That when I ‘ dared ’ to so compel you , you flew out at me like the spirited filly you are under that demure exterior , ’ stated her ladyship with a quizzing look . |
| 8 | As I write , he nods down at me from the wall beside my desk ; shining brass-reel in place , cast and flies still ready for action , waiting for the last trumpet to sound . |
| 9 | When at last the child was comforted , Māilo looked up at me across the fire . |
| 10 | I had reached the letter " C " and as the word " Castration " looked up at me from the page I was jerked back to Rory . |
| 11 | I was thinking it would be nice to spend some time travelling with someone else , to share the strain but , as we entered the darkness which had me constantly glancing up to check the shadow of my bag , my only companion was the bearded , dark-eyed twin who stared back at me from the occluded window . |
| 12 | I did n't identify with the tired , frightened failure that stared back at me from the mirror . |