Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] at [pers pn] like [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was still the thought in her mind as she struck the ground , not knowing how she came to be there , as one never knows , having suffered a blow aimed from behind which came at her like a thunderbolt , felled her in the presence of a hundred indifferent spectators and left her prostrate , struggling as in those terrible lodging-house dreams , to get up , to breathe , while the weasel-pack fell on top of her , shrieking with laughter . |
| 2 | On the cover Horowitz himself beams at us like a naughty gnome , and that is just the way his irrepressible musical personality comes over in the performances . |
| 3 | She came at me like a madwoman . |
| 4 | She came at them like a canoeist , breasting white water . |
| 5 | Er , Vicky says you are awful going er , I said that 's what they do , they grunt at me like an animal I grunt back at them . |
| 6 | He winked at her like a cheery market tradesman selling substandard goods , already thinking of the lunch he had planned with an old colleague from the Manchester force . |
| 7 | Cherry said : ‘ He came at me like a man possessed . |
| 8 | It came at them like a bullet from a gun , faster , faster , the tortured motor on a rising scream . |
| 9 | It nagged at her like an aching tooth . |
| 10 | And he laughed at her like a boy . |
| 11 | Back again to the fundamental question of whether or not he was idle , he worried at it like a terrier , then laid down a challenge . |
| 12 | He looked at them like an auctioneer trying to improve a poor lot m a cattle market . |
| 13 | He smiled at her like a cat smiling at a mouse . |
| 14 | It gnawed at her like a ravenous animal . |