Example sentences of "[noun] at [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Torn Sunday colour supplements made eyes at her from the railings . |
| 2 | She narrowed her eyes at him over the coffee-table . |
| 3 | Am I being told that the law of England is so deficient that , if one assaults a person by driving a car at them to the danger of that person 's life or property — whether or not one damages either — that is not a crime known to the common law of England , and would it not attract the most condign penalties ? |
| 4 | Hector trusted him to guard his back , and concentrated on the men poking spears at him from the front and sides . |
| 5 | True , she went to bed late , and was often at her desk until four a.m. , and so might have been expected to rise well after midday , and luxuriate over breakfast before beginning her day 's work at one in the afternoon . |
| 6 | She flicked a pink anemone at him through the hatch and it hit his cheek so that he turned round and winked at her . |
| 7 | Lineker says : ‘ It really started , if Graham 's honest , when he had a dig at me about the Republic of Ireland game at Wembley , when I did a piece with one of the newspapers saying I was a bit tired . |
| 8 | ‘ Graham was not happy about that and had a dig at me in the press . |
| 9 | Luckily my father grew tired of this grand scheme and contented himself with firing the odd surprise question at me concerning the capacity of the umbrella-stand in pints or the total area in fractions of an acre of all the curtains in the house actually hung up at the time . |
| 10 | In fact , I 'd been brought up to regard failure at anything as the ultimate sin . |
| 11 | The other nods at me from the comfort of his cracked-leather chair . |
| 12 | Balvinder shook his head at me across the ring : ‘ This one very weakling bird , ’ he shouted . |
| 13 | It turned out that he 'd inched along the parapet — a thin one about six inches wide — and had a good peek at us through the windows . |
| 14 | I do n't want her shouting names at me over the fence . ’ |
| 15 | You ca n't get 4wd handling and muscular performance at anything like the low prices these cars fetch on the used car market . |
| 16 | The waiter , a cocky Italian who flicked his buttocks at her at the least opportunity , eyed her patronisingly and made attempts to chat her up in feeble English . |
| 17 | The barmaid took a swing at him with the dreaded spatula . |
| 18 | We dealt with 38 stories from the Financial World Tonight through Today , The World at One to the 6 O'Clock bulletin . |
| 19 | He stole covert glances at her across the table . |
| 20 | I aimed my camera at them over the fence , |
| 21 | In desperation we dug a hole , a big hole , in the depths of the night — brilliant sunshine at one in the morning — put the radio on full and buried it . |
| 22 | I got very drunk , boarded the wrong tube home and ended up at Heathrow at one in the morning . |
| 23 | ‘ You could n't have mentioned this when I took a shot at him in the alleyway . ’ |
| 24 | In the dip at our by the |
| 25 | We felt that this new improved offer would enable us to continue in the short term notwithstanding the fact that we still estimated our losses under the new proposals at something in the region of £67,000 . |
| 26 | He 'd go to clubs at one in the morning . |
| 27 | Why , people wave at me in the streets ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll get our family doctor to take a look at her in the morning . |
| 29 | I have another look at myself in the mirror . |
| 30 | I decided it was safe to go to my bedroom in my new body and take a look at myself in the mirror there . |