Example sentences of "[verb] at him with the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an arm 's length away and raising its head to hook at him with the horn that was already dark with his father 's blood when he discharged his second barrel . |
| 2 | Patrizia Valesio was staring at him with the expression of one who is not to be put off by interruptions . |
| 3 | Her enormous grey eyes ( they would have been rather striking if only she had used some make-up ) were staring at him with the expression of a trapped rabbit . |
| 4 | She looked at him with the confidence of a beautiful woman who was used to getting her own way . |
| 5 | Maura looked at him with the arrogance of youth . |
| 6 | At the last moment , when the engine blew steam , she let down the window and handed him an envelope addressed to St Ives ; she looked at him with the eyes of one waking from a dangerous dream . |
| 7 | Maggie looked at him with the light of love as she kissed him good night . |
| 8 | 1 held the metal box and chopped at him with the side of my hand , but it struck the sharp metal of the gun and I felt the flesh tear as one round fired . |
| 9 | He could not understand the familiarity of the elderly stranger , who gazed at him with the pride of a long-lost brother . |
| 10 | In the centre there Priam sits on an altar , a huge tripod behind , and reaches in supplication to Neoptolemos who strikes at him with the corpse of his grandson not saved by Andromache 's effort . |
| 11 | She took a playful swipe at his face , but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand , then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine . |