Example sentences of "[verb] at it with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , gradually , her ideas would come together until , sitting on a stretch of grass and stabbing at it with the end of her parasol , she would repeat to herself , ‘ Oh God , why did I get married ? ’ ’ |
| 2 | Fen stopped short and pulled out a folded map from his pocket and spread it out before her , stabbing at it with his finger . |
| 3 | She leaped up , dabbing at it with a napkin . |
| 4 | Well I 've looked at it with a conscience cos I took the glass out originally . |
| 5 | She scuffed at it with the tip of one brown brogue but it did not even smudge . |
| 6 | She kept pushing at it with all those millions of invisible little arms and hands that were reaching out from her eyes , feeling the power that was flashing straight from the two little black dots in the very centres of her eyeballs . |
| 7 | She banged the door , pushing at it with her foot because her hands were occupied . |
| 8 | ‘ Chewing gum , ’ she informed Bridget , picking at it with her fingernails as she did so . |
| 9 | Dolly picked up the chop bone and nibbled at it with sharp teeth . |
| 10 | What would I be looking at it with ? |
| 11 | You may well find , on looking at it again , that there are various elements that you want to change , and it is much easier to take an objective view of your work if you are looking at it with a fresh eye . |
| 12 | I picked up the crumpled cheque and spread it out , looking at it with the sort of hopeless hunger with which one admires things in the window of Fortnum & Mason . |
| 13 | After what could only be described as a very spirited fight a small but brilliantly coloured koi of about 7lb came to the net and I remember looking at it with disbelief that such a small fish could have pulled so hard . |
| 14 | Now having said that and looking at it with an open mind I think it was certainly a very useful day . |
| 15 | But we 're looking at it with hindsight , we ca n't just say that because of this this that and the other erm that pragmatism did overrule at this particular point in time . |
| 16 | Yesterday , however , when asked by the procurator-fiscal , Andrew Normand , if such a junction were likely to be approved now , Mr Cooksey stated : ‘ Looking at it with today 's knowledge I would have been reluctant to accept it . |
| 17 | His face , however , was smeared by the dabbings he had made at it with a stupendously dirty handkerchief . |
| 18 | Connon poked at it with his forefinger . |
| 19 | Thus Betelgeux in Orion , one of the brightest stars in the sky , is clearly orange-red , but Mu Cephei , in the far north , shows almost no colour at all until you look at it with binoculars , when it gives the impression of a glowing coal , and earns its nickname of ‘ the Garnet Star ’ . |
| 20 | It is no good insisting that , so long as you look at it with your eyes closed , a pig 's ear is a silk purse after all . |
| 21 | The party had become a turning-point in many ways ; now , weeks later , she could look at it with a certain amount of dispassion , view her life over the past few months with a critical eye . |
| 22 | His collarbone ached , and he dug at it with his good arm , massaging the stiffness with his fingers . |
| 23 | " That 's odd , " said Fleury , peering at it with interest ; he had never seen anything like it on a statue . |
| 24 | Would you work at it with other women , or are you a loner in that respect ? |
| 25 | Well I think it 's not helpful to look at it with such stark divisions , I think everybody 's clear |
| 26 | A figure popped out of a doorway to Alexei 's left , and he cut at it with his sword and ran on . |
| 27 | Deaconess Tilley glanced at it with simulated interest . |
| 28 | Cursing , he thrust at it with his elbow and the glass shattered in fragments around him . |
| 29 | The shirt was placed separately and Curtis jabbed at it with a thick , square forefinger . |
| 30 | Well the first time when he found it could comb is hair straight back with his right hand ; he could dry himself under his arms properly instead of just sort of wiping at it with a towel ; wash his teeth better , instead of using his left hand with difficulty because he 's never been really left handed . |