Example sentences of "it [vb past] at [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came at them like a bullet from a gun , faster , faster , the tortured motor on a rising scream . |
| 2 | In spring , summer and autumn it grinned at them from the greenwood . |
| 3 | It nagged at her like an aching tooth . |
| 4 | It looked at me in the kind of easy , assessing way dogs on their peculiar errands do look at strangers — and then looked again , and stopped dead : his hackles rose : he backed , he made a kind of howling noise , turned tail , and fled . |
| 5 | It stared at me for a few seconds , then the lens flashed again , a key was put into the lock , bolts were drawn and the door was opened . |
| 6 | It stared at it for a moment , rubbing its arms , and then it picked up the telephone . |
| 7 | It gnawed at her like a ravenous animal . |