Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] at [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The means by which he had got this cadetship proved the first strand in a complicated web that snared him at his trial for treason .
2 He picked up a bunch of bananas and threw them at his son-in-law , hitting him so hard in the chest that Changez toppled off his stool and badly bruised his good arm .
3 The real Susan Bishopric raised her deserved award and swung it at her head .
4 Champion picked up his whip and waved it at his mount to encourage him over those last few yards , and Aldaniti responded gamely .
5 Again , he was deeply drawn to it , he loved it like a woman and wore it at his side .
6 The princes thought this handsomely said and took him at his word .
7 She drew back from him and took him at his word .
8 Hindley put his right arm out through the hole , with the gun in it , and aimed it at his enemy .
9 I withdrew the muzzle of the trusty Smith and Waistcoat from Johnny 's nose and pointed it at his forehead .
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