Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] at [pers pn] like [art] " in BNC.
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1 | She came at me like a madwoman . |
2 | She came at them like a canoeist , breasting white water . |
3 | Er , Vicky says you are awful going er , I said that 's what they do , they grunt at me like an animal I grunt back at them . |
4 | He winked at her like a cheery market tradesman selling substandard goods , already thinking of the lunch he had planned with an old colleague from the Manchester force . |
5 | Cherry said : ‘ He came at me like a man possessed . |
6 | It came at them like a bullet from a gun , faster , faster , the tortured motor on a rising scream . |
7 | It nagged at her like an aching tooth . |
8 | And he laughed at her like a boy . |
9 | Back again to the fundamental question of whether or not he was idle , he worried at it like a terrier , then laid down a challenge . |
10 | He looked at them like an auctioneer trying to improve a poor lot m a cattle market . |
11 | He smiled at her like a cat smiling at a mouse . |
12 | It gnawed at her like a ravenous animal . |