Example sentences of "[pron] at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We thought that they would throw everything at us from the start , ’ said Andy Probert , 38 , the Cambridge cox — and so it proved . |
2 | Thereafter she welcomed Paul 's embraces , thrusting herself at him in the way she had ended by doing on their first night . |
3 | Dhia , every girl 's fair throwing herself at you from Ardgour to Jura . |
4 | She had a little flat in the Falls , a house she shared with girlfriends , her family home being in a village outside Derry , and she told him in blunt terms that she had n't seen enough of him at it for too damn long , at it or anywhere else . |
5 | He responds to us all in different ways , to his sister , Amanda , he 's always smiled at her and we say that he looks at her at her in his cute way . ’ |
6 | I recoiled when she thrust it at me from a pocket . |
7 | Maisie took a ten-pound note from Robert 's pocket and waved it at him through the glass . |
8 | She drew in deeply and exhaled through her nose , then snapped the cigarette briskly from her mouth and pointed it at him with a flourish . |
9 | Mrs Files picked up a tea cloth , buried her face in it , laughing , then shook it at him with delighted outrage . |
10 | Looking round , he saw that the young accomplice had retrieved the knife and was pointing it at him like a gun , stammering : ‘ You 'd better let him go , d' you hear ? ’ |
11 | April dipped her fingers into a paper cup of cider and flicked it at him before skipping away uphill . |
12 | Gina had once owned a wedding ring , but had chucked it at him in an early quarrel before disappearing for days . |
13 | Nor do I feel like setting myself up as an Aunt Sally just waiting for all those girls to throw themselves at me in the attempt to knock me off my perch ! ’ |