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Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1	Am I being told that the law of England is so deficient that , if one assaults a person by driving a car at them to the danger of that person 's life or property — whether or not one damages either — that is not a crime known to the common law of England , and would it not attract the most condign penalties ?
2	True , she went to bed late , and was often at her desk until four a.m. , and so might have been expected to rise well after midday , and luxuriate over breakfast before beginning her day 's work at one in the afternoon .
3	She flicked a pink anemone at him through the hatch and it hit his cheek so that he turned round and winked at her .
4	Lineker says : ‘ It really started , if Graham 's honest , when he had a dig at me about the Republic of Ireland game at Wembley , when I did a piece with one of the newspapers saying I was a bit tired .
5	‘ Graham was not happy about that and had a dig at me in the press .
6	Luckily my father grew tired of this grand scheme and contented himself with firing the odd surprise question at me concerning the capacity of the umbrella-stand in pints or the total area in fractions of an acre of all the curtains in the house actually hung up at the time .
7	Balvinder shook his head at me across the ring : ‘ This one very weakling bird , ’ he shouted .
8	It turned out that he 'd inched along the parapet — a thin one about six inches wide — and had a good peek at us through the windows .
9	I aimed my camera at them over the fence ,
10	In desperation we dug a hole , a big hole , in the depths of the night — brilliant sunshine at one in the morning — put the radio on full and buried it .
11	‘ You could n't have mentioned this when I took a shot at him in the alleyway . ’
12	Why , people wave at me in the streets ! ’
13	‘ I 'll get our family doctor to take a look at her in the morning .
14	I have another look at myself in the mirror .
15	I decided it was safe to go to my bedroom in my new body and take a look at myself in the mirror there .
16	I took one last , depressed look at myself in the mirror above the electric fire and clattered down the stairs .
17	During local soaring , select good-looking fields , and then go and have a look at them after the flight to see what they are really like .
18	‘ Oh , it 's all right , I — ’ She stopped and did her best to get a really good look at him through the fog .
19	‘ Go upstairs and take a look at yourself in the mirror , ’ he said .
20	He walked to the phone , pausing on the way to take another admiring look at himself in the mirror .
21	mm , erm , and he wh you know he is thinking well is this , is that the reason erm , so er , I do n't know , you know , er , I , I think perhaps it 's worth looking at , perhaps we can all thing about it and have a look at it at the A G M.
22	Yes , and its not through yet , presumably they 'll have another look at it at the end of the month .
23	Charity had a look at herself in the mirror and sighed .
24	She took one last look at herself in the wardrobe mirror before she pulled on the sheepskin that her father had bought her for Christmas .
25	His last words , flung over his shoulder at her through the cold , stinging spray , were :
26	And Wright , whose misery over the weekend was compounded when he wasted a glorious chance to rescue a point for Arsenal , added : ‘ Some people are just having a go at me for the sake of it and it 's beginning to get to me . ’
27	Gazing with deliberate dreaminess at him across the table , she watched him respond , smoothing back his hair , raising an eyebrow .
28	Before I could reply , she 'd whisked off , running up the aisle after the last leaver , waving her little red hat at me from the doorway like a rallying signal .
29	And then they wonder why they get beaten up while walking down the street at one in the morning .