Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] at [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He nodded with patronising approval , and she had to do battle with an urge to pick up the nearest heavy object and hurl it at his infuriating head . |
| 2 | The Prince did n't even wait for an answer but turned to a small table beside him , slopped two goblets full of wine , rose and thrust them at his unwanted guests . |
| 3 | He quoted a passage from the Psalms in which God speaks to the Messiah and sets him at his right hand until all enemies have been overcome . |
| 4 | One interesting practice , for example , is for two businesses , both short of funds , to exchange P Notes of the same value and tenor , and discount them at their respective banks — presumably when most other sources of finance have been exhausted . |
| 5 | Mr Major raised the tax on company cars 20% ( yielding £200m ) , but taxing them at their full value would have collected another £300m . |