Example sentences of "at [pron] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She blinked at me for a minute or two and then said , ‘ Aliens ! ’ |
| 2 | My father stopped , looked at me for a bit and then said that in the circumstances I could go out that night — providing I milked the cows first . |
| 3 | I , I just ask him if , and it , the question that I 'm interested in the answer to , like how did it go ? and , now he talks at me for an hour until Diane comes in and says enough Vaughany , cos she can see I sort of trying to edge away |
| 4 | He had hesitated , then glanced at me with a gravity that did not quite hide the smile behind it . |
| 5 | She looked at me with a smile that implied fusion . |
| 6 | This was my cue but Alec was looking across at me with a grin that was too eager and I faltered . |
| 7 | And then when I fell and was trying to get up , he came at me with a knife and that 's when you opened the door and — Oh , Mamma ! ’ |
| 8 | Miss comes at me with a knife and she attempts to stab me and she means it , she wants to stab me and she means it |
| 9 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 10 | Akinwande , 27 , said defiantly : ‘ They can shout at me as a foreigner but in Mickey , the best manager anyone could have , I 've got someone who 's got a good voice too . ’ |
| 11 | He put down the pot , stared at the floor for a few seconds and then looked up glowering , pointed his finger at me in a way that was frightening because it was so sudden . |
| 12 | You look at me in a way that is familiar . |
| 13 | He was Wearing a thick hedge of brambles and overgrown shrubs at the bottom of the shrubbery and out of sight of the house , slashing at them with a billhook while Alex and she dragged the freed branches clear ready to build a bonfire . |
| 14 | She looks at them for a bit and then hands them over to me . |
| 15 | I gazed at them for a while and then buried my head in my hands . |
| 16 | You wo n't remember them after if you do n't look at them for a week but when you come to look at them the night before you 'll be surprised what you do know . |
| 17 | Ben had hardly put his feet on the ground when , from the side of the house , there emerged what appeared to be a mob of children coming at them in a rush and then skidding to a halt about three yards distant . |
| 18 | He growled and gibbered at them like a witch-hare and those nearest to him fell back in fear . |
| 19 | ‘ I just want to look at you for a moment or two . ’ |
| 20 | A couple of hours later she glanced at herself in a mirror and gave a rueful little chuckle . |
| 21 | Hari asked softly and Edward looked down at her with a shrewdness that disconcerted her . |
| 22 | Travis stared at her for a second or two , then reached for the champagne bottle . |
| 23 | He stared at her for a moment and then shrugged and moved out of the kitchen and towards the back door . |
| 24 | Urquhart stared at her for a moment and then shattered into a hearty laugh , much too hearty to be genuine to Blanche 's ears . |
| 25 | This time masculine appreciation came at her like a wave and her answering smile was enough to light the room on its own . |
| 26 | He had looked at her in a way that frightened and worried her , but looking back she became excited and stirred by his attention . |
| 27 | He was not a man much given to talking , but there were times when she caught him glancing at her in a way that held its own silent eloquence . |
| 28 | Roman looked at her in a way that made Claudia want to curl up and die , and she was n't on the receiving end , only tarred with the same brush . |
| 29 | Having , as she thought , settled their relationship satisfactorily , Ianthe was then conscious that he was looking at her in a way that did not seem quite what she thought of as brotherly , though she had never had any brothers of her own to make the comparison with . |
| 30 | Begin with thanking me for him ; look at him as a person as important to me as you are . ’ |