Example sentences of "[noun] at him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | She narrowed her eyes at him over the coffee-table . |
2 | Hector trusted him to guard his back , and concentrated on the men poking spears at him from the front and sides . |
3 | Laughing and fighting him ineffectually , his grandmother roared pleasantries at him in a mixture of Ruthenian and broken English . |
4 | She flicked a pink anemone at him through the hatch and it hit his cheek so that he turned round and winked at her . |
5 | She shook her head at him in a gesture of bewilderment . |
6 | Charsky gazes at him for a long time , sadly . |
7 | ‘ This clot , ’ boomed the Headmistress , pointing the riding-crop at him like a rapier , ‘ this black-head , this foul carbuncle , this poisonous pustule that you see before you is none other than a disgusting criminal , a denizen of the underworld , a member of the Mafia ! ’ |
8 | The barmaid took a swing at him with the dreaded spatula . |
9 | The tourist will rent a small receiver for around £2 and press a button as he approaches any of the major buildings and monuments , where a small transmitter will then spout cultural , historical , artistic and commercial information at him in a choice of Italian , German , English or Spanish , at any hour of the day or night . |
10 | Bessie chuckled and waved her hand at him in a dismissing gesture . |
11 | ‘ You could n't have mentioned this when I took a shot at him in the alleyway . ’ |
12 | Ronni shot her response at him like a reflex action , a little guiltily aware that it had rather less to do with the truth and rather more to do with her sudden need for a shield . |
13 | ‘ Oh , it 's all right , I — ’ She stopped and did her best to get a really good look at him through the fog . |
14 | If she makes sure she is looking good , feeling good , working well , she has a better chance of taking a cool look at him from a distance and deciding if she really wants him in her life . |
15 | The man mouths at him through the glass . |
16 | People kept waving warnings at him from a distance . ’ |
17 | Gazing with deliberate dreaminess at him across the table , she watched him respond , smoothing back his hair , raising an eyebrow . |