Example sentences of "[vb past] at [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Grauniad reckoned Vinny seemed totally confounded by the affection radiated at him by Elland Road and this had an effect on the game ! |
| 2 | I lay down on him and beat at him with my fists . |
| 3 | She beat at him with her fists , striking him in the face , making him jerk back his head . |
| 4 | She stood to slip the dress down over her hips , and pouted at him in her petticoat . |
| 5 | When the boy rose at him on foot , none too steadily but with grim gallantry , and dripping blood from the finger-ends of his mail gauntlet , Owen vaulted promptly out of the saddle to match him , and waved off his companions , who would have borne the young man down by sheer weight . |
| 6 | She yowled at him in complaint . |
| 7 | Ma peered at him over the top of the evening paper , Her eyes were shifty with guilt . |
| 8 | Then she peered at him over the barrier of her firmly folded arms and expressed a thought that had occurred to her before , but that now she felt impress itself on her even more strongly . |
| 9 | Benson peered at him through his pipe smoke . |
| 10 | She peered at him through the semi-darkness . |
| 11 | The young woman peered at him from under the brim of her ancient straw hat . |
| 12 | A familiar but still timid stray cat peered at him from beneath a blackcurrant bush and howled piteously . |
| 13 | I peered at them round the end of the house . |
| 14 | Liz , the receptionist , peered at me over the top of her pink-rimmed spectacles . |
| 15 | More often than not the face peered at me through leaves . |
| 16 | Then he took the binoculars and peered at me through them . |
| 17 | Aunt Louise peered at me from almost sightless eyes . |
| 18 | When I peered at myself in the mirror I screamed . |
| 19 | Rod Porter peered at her over the top of his book , glancing at the other visitors . |
| 20 | Bella peered at her through the dark . |
| 21 | He peered at her with little beady eyes , as though trying to guess from her expression how much she and her companion had heard . |
| 22 | He coughed twice before saying , ‘ Yes ? ’ then leaned forward and peered at her as if his sight were bad , then coughed a harsh , chest-tearing cough before asking further , ‘ Yes , what d' you want ? ’ |
| 23 | He looked extremely unhealthy ; the anxious eyes of a child peered at her from a white mask . |
| 24 | He peered at her from under the cloth cap which he was using to shade his face , and she lay on her side to face him . |
| 25 | Down and down the weight dragged him , to where strange fish swam past and gaped at him with milky , quivering eyes . |
| 26 | She gaped at him in blank astonishment , then frowned . |
| 27 | He gaped at me in silly bliss . |
| 28 | They gaped at her as if she was an alien from outer space , as she shook the snow from her fur cap and quilted jacket . |
| 29 | Evelyn gaped at her in amazement . |
| 30 | Molly passed a cup to Cornelius , who perched it on the palm of his hand and gaped at it in awe . |