Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The helmeted figure shouted at him through a face mask . |
| 2 | This time masculine appreciation came at her like a wave and her answering smile was enough to light the room on its own . |
| 3 | Wherever he walked , spring came at him with a rush , overwhelming him with sensation . |
| 4 | He stood within the doorway looking at her for a moment . |
| 5 | The bear sprang at him with a growl . |
| 6 | Tiny green balls of light phosphorescing at us from the dark of the bracken . |
| 7 | As I did so I became aware of a youngish man with long hair looking at me from the pavemented walk on the Hammersmith side of the river . |
| 8 | He looked extremely unhealthy ; the anxious eyes of a child peered at her from a white mask . |
| 9 | The other girl looked at her with an expression of dismay . |
| 10 | The carvings swung , and up there an owl of wood stared at her among the leaves . |
| 11 | ’ Her husband gazed at her across the body . |
| 12 | The Prime Minister can not stand Enoch Powell 's steely and accusing eye looking at him across the table any more , and I 've had to move him down the side . ’ |
| 13 | Rosalba imagined Tommaso as a bird : and saw his pale green eye staring at her from a flurry of golden feathers as his vivid wings beat . |
| 14 | For a moment I sensed his eye staring at me through the hole in the door but as soon as I looked at it the lens flashed and the cover on the other side swung quickly to rest . |
| 15 | The rest of the group stared at us like a hanging jury before sentence is passed . |
| 16 | But now , a week after Easter , his failure stared at him from the empty pews . |
| 17 | ‘ Talking about matters of import , ’ Riven said absently , though uneasiness buzzed at him like a fly . |
| 18 | The speed skaters go about half that speed , but danger slides at you from every corner . |
| 19 | Ariel was bitter ; in turns Sycorax 's power stifled her , then the old woman 's weakness dragged at her like a disease afflicting her as well . |
| 20 | ‘ I explained to the prince that you were my companion and he said — all the while gazing at you across the hall — ‘ But a relative none the less , I 'll warrant ! |
| 21 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The rising tower of debris blossomed and drifted , starting to fall as the shockwave pulsed at me from the dune . |
| 24 | There are skylarks and foxes and an owl sits in the apple tree staring at us by the fire in winter . |
| 25 | And as we drove away , we had n't travelled down the road very far when my wife looked at me in a certain way … and I knew that she wanted Low Birk Hatt as much as me . |
| 26 | The policeman looked at me for a long time . |
| 27 | Madame looked at her through a veil of smoke which she fanned away with a jewelled hand . |
| 28 | The old gentleman looked at him with an expression of dislike . |
| 29 | The Brigadier glared at me for a few seconds and replied rather quietly . |
| 30 | His father shouted at him over the noise of the engine , ‘ I want you to see , Alexei . |