Example sentences of "[vb past] at [pers pn] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lay down on him and beat at him with my fists . |
| 2 | She beat at him with her fists , striking him in the face , making him jerk back his head . |
| 3 | He peered at her with little beady eyes , as though trying to guess from her expression how much she and her companion had heard . |
| 4 | Down and down the weight dragged him , to where strange fish swam past and gaped at him with milky , quivering eyes . |
| 5 | She scuffed at it with the tip of one brown brogue but it did not even smudge . |
| 6 | She dabbed at hers with a clean corner of napkin , laughing . |
| 7 | The bear roared at him with fury , its black muzzle and huge jaws covered in a thick white froth . |
| 8 | Dolly picked up the chop bone and nibbled at it with sharp teeth . |
| 9 | A-Team star George Peppard 's second wife , actress Elizabeth Ashley — whom he met and fell in love with when they made The Carpetbaggers in 1964 — claimed that he assaulted her and came at her with a hot frying pan , an allegation that Peppard has always strongly denied . |
| 10 | The door was slammed wide , and he came at her with the speed of the vehicle that should have killed him two nights before . |
| 11 | ‘ Shaun was getting really worked up and red and actually came at me with a pool cue , ’ says Gedge . |
| 12 | And then when I fell and was trying to get up , he came at me with a knife and that 's when you opened the door and — Oh , Mamma ! ’ |
| 13 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 14 | He got up and came at me with surprising speed , but suddenly the Hispaniola hit the sand and went over on one side . |
| 15 | I tried to drive on , but he came at me with some story of having run out of petrol . |
| 16 | She came at me with a stool in her hand — who do you think was terrified then ? |
| 17 | Quigley gave what I can only describe as an eldritch screech and came at me with both arms , legs and the front bit of his head . |
| 18 | Wherever he walked , spring came at him with a rush , overwhelming him with sensation . |
| 19 | He said she invited him to her flat , and then came at HIM with a knife . |
| 20 | Connon poked at it with his forefinger . |
| 21 | His collarbone ached , and he dug at it with his good arm , massaging the stiffness with his fingers . |
| 22 | Shiona frowned at him with irritation . |
| 23 | He frowned at me with a long look in which I read nothing . |
| 24 | ‘ You will not , ’ he barked at her with barely controlled fury . |
| 25 | A figure popped out of a doorway to Alexei 's left , and he cut at it with his sword and ran on . |
| 26 | The bear sprang at him with a growl . |
| 27 | He was pleased to see her looking less pale than when he had last seen her , and she grinned at him with something of her old cheerfulness . |
| 28 | The Collector found he could hardly breathe in the middle of this appalling sandwich ; a few inches from his nose the face of a dead sepoy grinned at him with sparkling teeth ; the Collector had the odd sensation that the man 's eyes were watching his efforts with amusement . |
| 29 | A sort of meteorological ‘ up yours ’ She grinned at him with deadpan eyes . |
| 30 | Instead she glanced at him with a blithe smile which she hoped disguised her true feelings , and carried on inking in colour . |