Example sentences of "[verb] at him from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your only chance is to pull at him from the side , which may steer him away from the refuge he seeks . |
| 2 | An explosive snort came at him from the centre of the room behind him . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's more than you 'd dare , Deveraugh , ’ she threw at him from the relative safety of the riverbank , and he laughed softly , the sound of it filling her ears as she sped across the grass . |
| 4 | He caught a glimpse of two red faces staring at him from the depths of the kitchen behind the head of this strange boy turned girl who was forever crossing his path . |
| 5 | He had seen a row of black faces staring at him from the platform of one of the Red Sand Towers in the Nore approaches . |
| 6 | The great rat was staring at him from the hole in the corner of the picture . |
| 7 | She waved at him from the door and went down to the street . |
| 8 | But now , a week after Easter , his failure stared at him from the empty pews . |
| 9 | Tilda did not understand what he was doing , but she stared at him from the height of the mast until he became conscious of her , and turned round . |
| 10 | They scratched and squeaked and ran about , and stared at him from the holes in the walls . |
| 11 | Nobody looked at him from the windows . |
| 12 | So we worked at it : he went to one end of a huge rehearsal room while I stood yelling at him from the other . |
| 13 | He rose to his feet , genuinely pleased to see the pretty girl who smiled at him from the doorway . |
| 14 | She smiled at him from the opposite stool . |
| 15 | But just before this happens , while the taste of melancholy on his tongue is strong enough to set off the sweetness of the place , and of his freedom to enjoy it , but not yet strong enough to overpower it , he sees the woman who is gazing at him from the balustrade of a terrace looking down on the street . |
| 16 | Knappertsbusch started screaming at him from the pit and that frightened me . |
| 17 | " Clearly , your son is guilty of trespass , and we should be within our rights to hand him over to the Justices , " Sir Gregory said , standing very straight-backed by the table , while Harry glowered at him from the hearth . |
| 18 | His name was called , and he turned his head and saw Lavinia waving at him from the porch . |
| 19 | He glanced in to find Nadine Cunningham smiling at him from the driver 's seat . |