Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] at [pers pn] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During their ‘ strange relationship ’ , Bryan had shot his friend in the chest with a crossbow , hit him on the head with a medieval mace and slashed at him with a sword , the judge heard . |
| 2 | 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 ? ’ ’ |
| 3 | A-Team star George Peppard 's second wife , actress Elizabeth Ashley — whom he met and fell in love with when they made The Carpetbaggers in 1964 — claimed that he assaulted her and came at her with a hot frying pan , an allegation that Peppard has always strongly denied . |
| 4 | Now having said that and looking at it with an open mind I think it was certainly a very useful day . |
| 5 | He saw his son sit up , lean forward and look at him with the wary expression that irritated him so much . |
| 6 | He blinked and looked at me with a return of his tough expression . |
| 7 | Splashing her limbs to get used to the cold , she turned and looked at me with a hint of mischief , as I stood naked staring at her . |
| 8 | He pursed his lips and looked at her with a frown . |
| 9 | He stood and looked at her with an expression of total innocence . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He had sat opposite her , watching her while she ate , making an extravagant moue of distaste when she suggested that he share it , but staring at her with a concentrated , almost angry , satisfaction ; rather , she thought , as a mother might watch a convalescent child taking her first mouthful . |
| 12 | The men were gratified and returned his greeting , but stared at me with a mixture of impudence and hostility . |
| 13 | Not , however , when Charlotte sat opposite him in an eerily empty airport cafe and described her experiences in the United States while gazing at him with an expression implying what he most wanted to believe : that she trusted him unreservedly . |