Example sentences of "at him with the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patrizia Valesio was staring at him with the expression of one who is not to be put off by interruptions . |
| 2 | Her enormous grey eyes ( they would have been rather striking if only she had used some make-up ) were staring at him with the expression of a trapped rabbit . |
| 3 | He could not understand the familiarity of the elderly stranger , who gazed at him with the pride of a long-lost brother . |
| 4 | In the centre there Priam sits on an altar , a huge tripod behind , and reaches in supplication to Neoptolemos who strikes at him with the corpse of his grandson not saved by Andromache 's effort . |
| 5 | She looked at him with the confidence of a beautiful woman who was used to getting her own way . |
| 6 | Maura looked at him with the arrogance of youth . |
| 7 | At the last moment , when the engine blew steam , she let down the window and handed him an envelope addressed to St Ives ; she looked at him with the eyes of one waking from a dangerous dream . |
| 8 | 1 held the metal box and chopped at him with the side of my hand , but it struck the sharp metal of the gun and I felt the flesh tear as one round fired . |
| 9 | She took a playful swipe at his face , but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand , then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine . |
| 10 | Maggie looked at him with the light of love as she kissed him good night . |