Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] at [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The policemen on the cordon had lifted the barrier-pole to let the small convoy of police cars and vans past , ignoring with more than a little impatience the fusillade of questions thrown at them by the remaining newspeople . |
| 2 | There was good deal of heckling and questions thrown at him about the nature of democracy , free speech and freedom of the press . |
| 3 | Mr Lawrie , who now lives at Dunshalt in Fife , has gone to the Court of Session in Edinburgh to clear his name following allegations levelled at him after the bank 's crash . |
| 4 | Neil Davidson , counsel for the Deans , said they denied allegations levelled at them by the shareholders , many of which can not be reported because of restrictions imposed by Lord Cullen . |
| 5 | On Aug. 16 Solzhenitsyn issued a statement repudiating the restoration of his citizenship because the decree failed to address the accusation of treason levelled at him at the time of his expulsion from the Soviet Union in 1974 . |
| 6 | Elizabeth attempted to escape in the Isuzu , but crashed as her attacker hacked at her through the window . |
| 7 | She cracked eggs into a frying pan and stood over them while they cooked , wincing as hot fat spat at her from the pan . |