Example sentences of "[verb] at [pers pn] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , gradually , her ideas would come together until , sitting on a stretch of grass and stabbing at it with the end of her parasol , she would repeat to herself , ‘ Oh God , why did I get married ? ’ ’ |
| 2 | She scuffed at it with the tip of one brown brogue but it did not even smudge . |
| 3 | She touched the flowers , looking at them with the steady , close , and intent gaze that Annie Laval also reserved for such an occasion . |
| 4 | I picked up the crumpled cheque and spread it out , looking at it with the sort of hopeless hunger with which one admires things in the window of Fortnum & Mason . |
| 5 | The door was slammed wide , and he came at her with the speed of the vehicle that should have killed him two nights before . |
| 6 | She would survey him coldly with eyes that spat venom — Look at you with the gimp of an old scarecrow on you , they would say . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Patrizia Valesio was staring at him with the expression of one who is not to be put off by interruptions . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She pulled at it with the tip of her fingers , catching it as it fell . |
| 11 | Grimma stared at her with the kind of expression reserved for people who turn out , against all expectation , to have interesting and secret histories . |
| 12 | She looked at him with the confidence of a beautiful woman who was used to getting her own way . |
| 13 | Maura looked at him with the arrogance of youth . |
| 14 | Maggie looked at him with the light of love as she kissed him good night . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He could not understand the familiarity of the elderly stranger , who gazed at him with the pride of a long-lost brother . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | When she saw him approaching , she lowered her gaze to the canvas before her and began to dab at it with the brush . |