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 . |