Example sentences of "[verb] at [pers pn] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cold winds knifed at them but the baby was snug in its portable bed , the blue and pink rabbits bobbling between its face and the real world . |
| 2 | She was laughing at me but I did n't care . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're laughing at me and I laughed at myself , but he 's the best astrologer in London . |
| 4 | Keeps on laughing at me and running away ! |
| 5 | She agrees with everything I say , she 's never horrible to me , but when you 're around she 's really horrible to me and like , even though she 's agreed with something I 've said earlier , she just sort of goes yeah right Cassie ha ha ha it 's really funny and takes the piss out of it and you sort of go along with her and I just sort of have to stand there while you two stand there laughing at me and I do n't like it . |
| 6 | He kindly but firmly remonstrates with his wife : " Paying the debt " has a clear double meaning in the sexual/conjugal context which the wife , who is made to respond to her husband 's ignorance not by laughing at him but rather by underlining his innocence/ignorance in a play of irony for the tale 's readers/listeners to respond to as they think fit , picks up upon and develops into a crude pun : " " taille " " here is polysemous , reflecting two homonyms , taille , " tally , bill " , whereby line 416 reads : " I am your wife ; notch it up on my account " |
| 7 | He had told Fahfakhs that the young man wanted to marry Claudia , and perhaps he thought that the district officer was laughing at him and treating him with contempt . |
| 8 | Because suddenly he has me ( it 's mad , he kidnapped me ) laughing at him and pouring out his tea , as if I 'm his best girl-friend . |
| 9 | The man began laughing at him and said ‘ You need to get here when the doors open — there are lots like you , looking for a roof over their heads . |
| 10 | erm James and Alex and Danny laughing at him and thinking he 's funny because they all fancy him |
| 11 | Not that Dorothea minded their laughing at her but she felt protective towards her idea . |
| 12 | So , like , we 've got this thing about her , anyway , she was com and she was talking to Fiona today and she was stood next to me , and like in a way , I was laughing at her but I felt so sorry for her cos she really , really stunk ! |
| 13 | He backed away from her in mock fear , but he was still laughing at her and though she meant every word , she could n't continue to be angry with him . |
| 14 | Would n't she always feel a fool , knowing they were laughing at her and her Irish ways . |
| 15 | She saw that Jennifer and Vanessa were laughing at her and something inside her stirred . |
| 16 | It was hard to decide if he was laughing at her or impressed by her performance . |
| 17 | She could not glare at it or protect herself by clutching at the chair 's arms . |
| 18 | Ron had winked at her and steered Bellamy away , down towards the foundations of the leisure centre . |
| 19 | You snatched at it and gobbled it down , before someone else did . |
| 20 | We shook hands warmly ; I noticed that he had his old clay pipe in his mouth but there was no tobacco in it as he sucked at it and repeatedly removed the pipe from his mouth . |
| 21 | When Mr Palmer arrived I did n't tell him I was caddying for Gary , and I do n't know whether he 'd forgotten or what , but when Gary says to me , ‘ OK , Tip , let's go , ’ Arnold looks at me and says , ‘ What are you doing , Tip ? ’ |
| 22 | He looks at me and still wonders if I 'm fooling . |
| 23 | When he looks at me and kisses my hand , I go all shivery — would you believe that ! ’ |
| 24 | 12 She shifts her body and flips her wings to keep balance , then looks at me and makes a new sound , like peeEP ; very sharp . |
| 25 | He looks at me and nods , almost invisibly , then reaches his arms out to my son , who moves slowly , reverentially , forward . |
| 26 | But the point is all the old grudges churn round in her mind , and she looks at me and fancies all sorts of things . |
| 27 | Perry looks at me and looks away , his eyes darting everywhere . |
| 28 | ‘ In fact , I would n't even call it a slap , because she does n't cry , she just looks at me and laughs . ’ |
| 29 | Looks at me and he goes I hate him so much ! |
| 30 | She just lo she always looks at me and laughs . |