Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] at the [noun] with " in BNC.

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1 Indraugnir howled and lashed out at the Bloodthirster with renewed fury , using the last of his fading strength to keep the Blood God 's follower at bay .
2 He turned up at the game with his head shaven , Gazza style , to raise money for a children 's cancer charity as part of Friday 's Comic Relief day .
3 When Ace arrived back at the hospital with Petion- and the Doctor , she found Howard talking animatedly , but not entirely cheerfully , to a hawk-faced man in Marine uniform and what she thought of as a Smokey-bear hat .
4 She gazed up at the ceiling with its painted blue flowers and wondered what Arnie was doing in Bradford .
5 Riven stared up at the Manse with its flapping pennants .
6 Victoria , who was by now very tired , looked up at the tree with a doubtful pout .
7 Shaking the water from her matted hair and sodden white lab coat while drawing a series of relieved gulps of air , the woman looked up at the Marines with a weak smile .
8 He looked up at the face with the dark hair above him .
9 Bellybutton , painting his delicate silver star , laughed up at the twins with his discoloured teeth , while McIllvanney leered at them from his office window .
10 She looked back at the painting with redoubled surprise .
11 The figure in the painting spoke of the human spirit and looked out at the world with a serene timelessness , and eyes that knew the great gift of being a master and an artist .
12 The resemblance was there , not so much in looks but in the way she held herself , the way she looked out at the world with that little smile that dared anyone to try and touch her , he thought , remembering .
13 Loopy Lil stared round at the destruction with a look of hopelessness as though she did not understand how it had happened .
14 Gloucester play in the Pilkington Cup on saturday … they warmed up at the weekend with a twenty six to ten win over Pontypridd
15 ‘ Well , I 'm off now , ’ she yelled and glared round at the neighbours with her finger on her nose .
16 At another point , he came over and sat down at the table with them .
17 Alison came and sat down at the table with Franca .
18 After he had fed him he wiped his boots dry with an old rag , put the kettle on and sat down at the table with pencil and paper .
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