Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] at [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But I so need to be walking up the stairs and pushing open the studio door , and seeing him at his bench , looking over his shoulder at me , as if he 's not in the least interested to see who it is .
2 Celia had intended to get a sandwich and eat it at her desk .
3 Reaching out for a vegetarian Scotch egg , and hurling it at his brother , Randy added casually , ‘ Will you have dinner with me tonight ? ’
4 " They 've asked her to come and do it at their Christmas Club , " she said .
5 And meet you at our house ?
6 Very often , parents can be helped by a clear description of the child 's abilities and the areas of relative weakness , especially if this is written down so that they can take it away and read it at their leisure .
7 And then a few weeks ago she told me she 'd been invited to go and see him at his house or ‘ castle ’ as Blufton prefers to call it . ’
8 He picked up a bunch of bananas and threw them at his son-in-law , hitting him so hard in the chest that Changez toppled off his stool and badly bruised his good arm .
9 The real Susan Bishopric raised her deserved award and swung it at her head .
10 ‘ You 're the one making a fucking mistake , ’ Morton snapped , raising the Ithaca and pointing it at his head .
11 In the next paragraph as to special aptitude Mr went on quote , there is an outstanding ability to make others feel that she is especially interested in their welfare and to put them at their ease .
12 One picks up a piece of donkey shit and throws it at his friend who runs off laughing .
13 Champion picked up his whip and waved it at his mount to encourage him over those last few yards , and Aldaniti responded gamely .
14 Again , he was deeply drawn to it , he loved it like a woman and wore it at his side .
15 Toby saw him take up the pile of wet flannel from beside the bath and chuck it at his face .
16 The princes thought this handsomely said and took him at his word .
17 She drew back from him and took him at his word .
18 The devil , or alternatively the giant , Wade , is supposed to have scooped out the hole during a quarrel with a neighbour , and thrown it at his adversary .
19 Hindley put his right arm out through the hole , with the gun in it , and aimed it at his enemy .
20 Colin , get that photograph of that Porsche , blow it up and stick it at your work-station in your branch .
21 It looked as if they were about to push back their chairs and join her at her table , and only just in time , Cassie remembered that she needed no further complications in an already bewildering and uncontrollable life .
22 I withdrew the muzzle of the trusty Smith and Waistcoat from Johnny 's nose and pointed it at his forehead .
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