Example sentences of "[verb] at us [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | His face was covered in dirt and he grinned at us in a rather frightened way . |
| 2 | A terrible grinding crunch struck at us like a solid barrier . |
| 3 | On the cover Horowitz himself beams at us like a naughty gnome , and that is just the way his irrepressible musical personality comes over in the performances . |
| 4 | The rest of the group stared at us like a hanging jury before sentence is passed . |
| 5 | We have values of 80 per cent thrown at us for a fish which , when feeding on natural food , ingests about 80 per cent water and around 7 per cent protein ! |
| 6 | ‘ He lunged at us with a knife . |
| 7 | I glance fearfully at Enid , but she is smiling at us like an indulgent mother . |