Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] at him in " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he closed his eyes , fatigue swam up at him in a mazy spiral , making his head spin as if he were drunk . |
| 2 | In an effort to escape , she pressed herself back , looking up at him in bewilderment with unblinking , deep blue eyes . |
| 3 | Curtis then came back at him in the following set , to take a 4–2 lead , but the Nottingham player was swift to respond with a counter-attack , taking the next two games to square the set . |
| 4 | She gazed up at him in stunned silence . |
| 5 | Then , abruptly , his mouth left her , and she gazed up at him in confused distress , her body still longing for his caress . |
| 6 | The boys gazed up at him in rapture . |
| 7 | ‘ The draw from a loaded deck of cards , ’ he muttered darkly , and she glanced down at him in some surprise . |
| 8 | Her initial instinct was to hit out at him in violent retaliation , the insults unendurable and unanswerable in any other way , and yet at the same time , some still , small place of recognition at the centre of all that red-hot emotion was acknowledging the kernel of truth hidden within the offensive words . |
| 9 | She gazed back at him in thoughtful silence for a moment , and shook her head doubtfully . |
| 10 | She gazed back at him in wide-eyed horror . |
| 11 | When he managed to turn his eyes from them he saw Liessa glaring down at him in fury . |
| 12 | His steps were slow , moving to the kennels where the lurchers lived , fastening them to their leads , shouting at them as they leapt up at him in excitement . |
| 13 | For a moment , he thought that his wildest dreams were about to come true : she was staring back at him in a deep , soulful way that he was sure meant love . |
| 14 | Chuck stared down at him in puzzlement for a moment . |
| 15 | Ruth stared down at him in disbelief . |
| 16 | I looked down at him in astonishment . |
| 17 | Her hand stilled as she looked down at him in outraged astonishment . |
| 18 | She stared up at him in astonishment . |
| 19 | Jessamy stared up at him in amazement . |
| 20 | Yelping in alarm as he tipped her sideways and moved swiftly to trap her beneath him on the sofa , she stared up at him in shock . |
| 21 | Lissa stared up at him in dazed confusion . |
| 22 | She stared up at him in puzzlement and when she blinked , he suddenly drew her to him as though she were a beloved doll . |
| 23 | Rachel stared up at him in growing exasperation . |
| 24 | His own address stared up at him in the same black hand |
| 25 | She looked up at him in silence , then nodded . |
| 26 | She looked up at him in astonishment and he bent his head to drop a kiss on the tip of her nose . |
| 27 | Oh , yes , ’ he added when Robyn looked up at him in surprise , ‘ I did a little research on you before inviting you to tender for this job — I at least go about things in a methodical and planned way . |
| 28 | She looked up at him in a dazed manner . |
| 29 | She looked up at him in a dazed manner . |
| 30 | They looked up at him in surprise and pulled their veils back across their faces . |