Example sentences of "and [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He growled and gibbered at them like a witch-hare and those nearest to him fell back in fear . |
| 2 | During their ‘ strange relationship ’ , Bryan had shot his friend in the chest with a crossbow , hit him on the head with a medieval mace and slashed at him with a sword , the judge heard . |
| 3 | ‘ He stands and looks at them for a long time . |
| 4 | Except on that one occasion when she lost her temper and shouted at him like a fishwife in front of her husband . |
| 5 | ‘ Dr Neil ? ’ she said , turning and bobbing at him like a proper servant , a manoeuvre which amused him , so that his lips twitched at the unlikely sight — it was so much at odds with her determined personality . |
| 6 | Tock was striking at the cogs at the top of the pole , banging the machinery and shouting at it like a crazy old man . |
| 7 | As they stepped out from behind the tree , a figure , walking rapidly and glancing back over his shoulder , stepped off the pavement a few yards up and came at them on a collision course . |
| 8 | A-Team star George Peppard 's second wife , actress Elizabeth Ashley — whom he met and fell in love with when they made The Carpetbaggers in 1964 — claimed that he assaulted her and came at her with a hot frying pan , an allegation that Peppard has always strongly denied . |
| 9 | It 's better to walk b back , and look at them for a d you know , from afar , than |
| 10 | It is difficult to assess exactly what all these developments mean individually , but when you step back and look at them as a whole trend , the implications become clear . |
| 11 | BELVILLE : I take her to an artful young baggage and had I a young handsome butler or steward she 'd soon make her market of one of them and snap at him for a husband . |
| 12 | Beside myself with rage , I crouched , shook my fist under his nose and yelled at him from a few inches ' range . |
| 13 | He pronounced took like a curse , and mimed the bad men looking by jutting his head forward and glaring at her like a demented goldfish . |
| 14 | While I say this , Victor lights that cheroot of his and scowls at me through a blue fog . |
| 15 | Kragan knelt down in front of Adam and looked at him as a butcher would appraise a cut of meat . |
| 16 | Jenna turned and looked at him in a startled manner . |
| 17 | They stopped and looked at him from a little distance . |
| 18 | He blinked and looked at me with a return of his tough expression . |
| 19 | Splashing her limbs to get used to the cold , she turned and looked at me with a hint of mischief , as I stood naked staring at her . |
| 20 | He stood and looked at her for a moment longer , his eyes running over her scathingly , taking in the beautiful , angry face , the wide and annoyed grey eyes and the tall , slender figure concealed in such efficient garments . |
| 21 | He stood and looked at her for a moment , hands on hips , jaw set . |
| 22 | He pursed his lips and looked at her with a frown . |
| 23 | From the tarn , I followed my nose down to a cairn that stands on the shoulder above Deepdale Side where the view down Deepdale into Dentdale was so good that I sat and looked at it for a good half-hour until the thought that I needed to be home by late afternoon pushed me on down to the green lane of the old Craven Way . |
| 24 | He took another step backwards and stared at her for a long moment before saying , ‘ This is the last time I 'll ever look on you willingly . ’ |
| 25 | A small boy of about six came up to Jackson and stared at him from a distance of two feet before pulling a face and running away . |
| 26 | She slid the geranium from her ear and stared at it for a moment , then shifted her gaze to her still unpacked cases by the door . |
| 27 | He stood and glared at me like a mad dog . |
| 28 | I knew the joy of the world and wondered at it like a child . |