Example sentences of "and [verb] at him [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Except on that one occasion when she lost her temper and shouted at him like a fishwife in front of her husband . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Beside myself with rage , I crouched , shook my fist under his nose and yelled at him from a few inches ' range . |
| 6 | Kragan knelt down in front of Adam and looked at him as a butcher would appraise a cut of meat . |
| 7 | Jenna turned and looked at him in a startled manner . |
| 8 | They stopped and looked at him from a little distance . |
| 9 | 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 . |