Example sentences of "[verb] at them like " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heads low , they pressed on , galloping whenever there was a moment 's calm and heat , turning away from the ice-laden wind when the ferocious shards of the glacier came at them like insects . |
| 2 | It came at them like a bullet from a gun , faster , faster , the tortured motor on a rising scream . |
| 3 | She came at them like a canoeist , breasting white water . |
| 4 | ‘ You should n't yell at them like that . |
| 5 | He looked at them like an auctioneer trying to improve a poor lot m a cattle market . |
| 6 | The words were propelled at them like stones from a sling : a direct hit would have killed a bear . |
| 7 | He growled and gibbered at them like a witch-hare and those nearest to him fell back in fear . |