Example sentences of "laugh at [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Federman has explained this characteristic as ‘ imagination mocking what it pretends to be doing … imagination laughing at its own pretensions ’ ( Federman 1976a : 576 ) . |
| 2 | Something walking across her grave … or the forces in heaven laughing at her vain attempts to re-write her future ? |
| 3 | Like laughing at her po-faced pronouncements on the ‘ artistry ’ of throw-away tunes such as , well , you name ‘ em , she 's got ‘ em . |
| 4 | It was like a smiling , mocking face , laughing at her useless attempts to raise her own passion . |
| 5 | Ellen screamed and was instantly seized by the other man , who , laughing at her wild struggles , began to force her down to the floor . |
| 6 | The morning after that first night they bathed together , laughing at their own bodies and the world . |
| 7 | Then , falling into each other 's arms , they tumbled about laughing at their own precocious English . |
| 8 | ‘ Did I not say , Harry , that I 'd get it from you , and no other ? ’ said Isambard , still laughing at his stricken face . |
| 9 | Her shoulder was stinging , but Maria could n't help laughing at his effervescent antics . |
| 10 | ‘ So I see , ’ she said , laughing at his sheepish small-boy expression . |
| 11 | part of her expected to find them laughing at his wild reaction beyond all sense and to return her to the blessed normal but when she looked around only Maggie stood in the room . |
| 12 | He doubled up laughing at his own joke . |
| 13 | this joke is not about laughing at your own jokes |
| 14 | Laughing at your own silly mistakes can help to take away any embarrassment and the need to apologise constantly for your gaucheness without any loss of dignity or selfrespect . |
| 15 | he 's suffering , it 's bad about laughing at your own jokes that , you do n't do that . |
| 16 | Then Brett started laughing at my Brummy vest . |
| 17 | Davide ate one of the sweet ring-shaped biscuits , then another , and a third , and would have laughed at her dear comical face and appreciated the baking , if his head had n't maddened him . |
| 18 | And we cheered and laughed at its chequered progress — and picked it up again and again because it was still too weak to get up alone . |
| 19 | Eleanor Thorne laughed at her young self . |
| 20 | Ellen twisted away and Sweetman laughed at her obvious discomfiture , then , as coolly as though he owned Wavebreaker , he stepped down into the central cockpit where he first brushed at , then sat on , one of the white cushioned seats by the ship 's wheel . |
| 21 | His head went back and he laughed at her mutinous expression , the glint in his eyes deepening , before leaning forward again and addressing her with quiet insistence . |
| 22 | The talk quickly became too technical for Sabine to follow , and Marie-Christine laughed at her bemused expression . |
| 23 | She laughed at her own joke . |
| 24 | She laughed at her own image . |
| 25 | Claudia laughed at her own fears ; she was quite safe with Roman — from the sea , anyway . |
| 26 | She laughed at her own silliness . |
| 27 | ‘ Besides , you promised to lend them your house for their wedding night , ’ he completed blandly , and laughed at her frank astonishment . |
| 28 | He laughed at his own naïvety , his gullibility . |
| 29 | He laughed at his own joke . |
| 30 | He laughed at his own wit . |