Example sentences of "be [verb] at [pers pn] like [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can tell from the way you 're sparking at me like a green-eyed cat that there 's nothing you 'd like more . ’ |
| 2 | He joked that the other diners were looking at him like a wife-batterer . |
| 3 | The words were flung at her like an accusation of felony . |
| 4 | I glance fearfully at Enid , but she is smiling at us like an indulgent mother . |
| 5 | That night she dreamt that they were all , Larry and Philippa and John and Conrad and Demian and herself , dancing the hornpipe on the deck of a warship that was ploughing through a storm , but Demian 's leg was tragically maimed and would not keep in step and Conrad was shouting at him like a great actor-manager , and the tears were streaming down Demian 's face , or so she thought , until she realized that it was she who was crying , crying for the sick one , praying that her tears would heal his wound . |
| 6 | It was coming at me like a bullet , head shaking , lips curled back , teeth long and yellow and by far the biggest I 'd ever seen on a rabbit , live or dead . |
| 7 | ‘ We have to think ahead now , ’ Cameron began , but Donald was staring at him like an enemy . |
| 8 | Salt was scowling at her like a dried prune . |