Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] at [pers pn] [prep] the " 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 | His mouth was open and drooling and his tongue lolling between his lips and his eyes staring as if he did n't see her and everything about him red , and his hands bruised her skin where he tugged at her to move her where he wanted her , and he was making awful noises and pushing at her and pushing at her without the slightest gentleness almost as if he did n't realise it was her . |
| 3 | He again knew what it was to feel embarrassed when , on the Monday dinner time , he went into the NAAM , and looking at her over the counter , he said , ‘ Hello there , ’ and she answered , ‘ Hello , yourself . ’ |
| 4 | She demurred a little when he said , picking up his teacup , and looking at her over the top of it , ‘ You never answered my question , Miss McAllister . |
| 5 | He kept the other galleys heaving and hauling at it till the tide rose and they could pull it off the rocks . |
| 6 | Politicians are n't going to stick their necks out to help break up the various logjams unless we 're shouting and yelling at them from the bank — for the most part to encourage them , but also to warn them of dire consequences to come if they get out of the hot water before the job is done . |
| 7 | But looking at it from the other point , that 's the you know the word entitlement comes from you know , I I think I 'm entitled to twenty days ' training , but whether I need twenty days ' training to be |
| 8 | Maybe , but I can also , if I like , talk to my car , but yelling at it in the approved Basil Fawlty manner is hardly treating it as rational . |