Example sentences of "[verb] at them [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The throaty rumble of twin diesel motors muttered at them out of the darkness .
2 Every ten minutes or so a larger swell came at them out of the darkness .
3 A heavy swell came at them out of the thick darkness .
4 They cursed and uttered muttered threats to desert , but on and on they walked until they made out a herd of wild cattle staring at them hostilely through the rain , and clambered aboard .
5 There were also a great many red squirrels in the forest , delicate little creatures with tufted ears who looked at them fearlessly from the high branches .
6 If Edward could not get at them here without the hazards of the river-crossing , neither could they get at him .
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