Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diamond Head was leaping at me from the right . |
| 2 | I was ashamed of him , especially as I could see Estella laughing at me over Miss Havisham 's shoulder . |
| 3 | They had people to do that for them half the time , there was no need for it , but it was as if I had to earn my keep , I had to repay what they 'd done for me , with the people that worked there laughing at me behind my back , wondering where I 'd come from , thinking maybe I was no better than them . |
| 4 | He sent her a glare that was full of suspicion , then demanded abruptly , ‘ You would n't be laughing at me by any chance ? |
| 5 | Because I did n't want , because I did n't want people laughing at me like everyone 's here laughing at you . |
| 6 | ‘ Does the moon shine in the night sky ? ’ she mocked shakily , laughing at him through her tears . |
| 7 | Everyone in Rosington seemed to be laughing at him behind his back . |
| 8 | The ladies mocked him , laughing at him behind their hands . ’ |
| 9 | He was simply laughing at her in that condescending way he had . |
| 10 | John was capable of laughing at himself in respect of attempts at beautification . |
| 11 | He has variously claimed that from farts he can tell not only what people have eaten or drunk , but also the sort of person they are , what they ought to eat , whether they are emotionally unstable or upset , whether they are keeping secrets , laughing at you behind your back or trying to ingratiate themselves with you , and even what they are thinking about at the precise moment they issue the fart ( this largely from the sound ) . |
| 12 | Blundell 's School magazine later observed : ‘ Parisian cricket is not of the Comic Opera kind one would expect … we dreamt of French demon bowlers with pro-Boer tendencies hurling at us on bumpy wickets . ’ |
| 13 | But that was just a hope he 'd been tossing at me for a couple of years without any interest from me . |
| 14 | ‘ Dr Neil ? ’ she said , turning and bobbing at him like a proper servant , a manoeuvre which amused him , so that his lips twitched at the unlikely sight — it was so much at odds with her determined personality . |
| 15 | 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 ? ’ ’ |
| 16 | Fen stopped short and pulled out a folded map from his pocket and spread it out before her , stabbing at it with his finger . |
| 17 | She leaped up , dabbing at it with a napkin . |
| 18 | frowning at me for ? |
| 19 | Her father was frowning at her over the rim of his glass . |
| 20 | She was biting on her lip , distressed , frowning at him under her fringe of red hair . |
| 21 | The FA will not pursue the matter and yesterday they agreed to take no action against referee Ray Lewis , who was accused by a fan of swearing at him during last week 's match between Barnet and Walsall . |
| 22 | With middle to top-quality carpets retailing at anything from £15 to over £40 per square metre , it can be a false economy not to call in professional carpet fitters for some jobs . |
| 23 | His mouth was open and drooling and his tongue lolling between his lips and his eyes staring as if he did n't see her and everything about him red , and his hands bruised her skin where he tugged at her to move her where he wanted her , and he was making awful noises and pushing at her and pushing at her without the slightest gentleness almost as if he did n't realise it was her . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | She banged the door , pushing at it with her foot because her hands were occupied . |
| 26 | A large bird , a crow as far as she could tell , flapped up from picking at something on the ground and wheeled away high above her . |
| 27 | ‘ Chewing gum , ’ she informed Bridget , picking at it with her fingernails as she did so . |
| 28 | An ’ why 're you lookin' at me like that ? |
| 29 | What you all lookin' at me like that for ? ’ |
| 30 | Even at this early break in the morning , several husbands had lost bets and were to be glimpsed shouting at themselves in silence in corners . |