Example sentences of "[to-vb] at him [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your only chance is to pull at him from the side , which may steer him away from the refuge he seeks . |
| 2 | She turned to look at him in the darkness ; he stayed looking at her . |
| 3 | David was silent for so long that she had to look at him in the end . |
| 4 | as if in response to his cursing , the wild night struck back at him , flaring a double blow of brilliant whiteness that seemed to tear at him through the windows . |
| 5 | Lambs rubbed against the fence adjacent to Pete and cows seemed to smile at him across the farmyard . |
| 6 | It was an arm 's length away and raising its head to hook at him with the horn that was already dark with his father 's blood when he discharged his second barrel . |
| 7 | Only when he saw the two girls actually standing up to peer at him past the curtains of Healy 's window did he show any reaction . |