Example sentences of "[verb] at [pers pn] from the " in BNC.
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| 61 | So we worked at it : he went to one end of a huge rehearsal room while I stood yelling at him from the other . |
| 62 | Politicians are n't going to stick their necks out to help break up the various logjams unless we 're shouting and yelling at them from the bank — for the most part to encourage them , but also to warn them of dire consequences to come if they get out of the hot water before the job is done . |
| 63 | ‘ You said they were always yelling at you from the fields , and brandishing sticks . ’ |
| 64 | Diario 16 also carried a cartoon portraying Diana as Cinderella with a glass slipper bouncing off her head after being thrown at her from the palace . |
| 65 | You 'd be forever wondering what might come at you from the shadows . |
| 66 | A dark and lovely young woman smiled at her from the doorstep . |
| 67 | Eva smiled at me from the driver 's seat . |
| 68 | He rose to his feet , genuinely pleased to see the pretty girl who smiled at him from the doorway . |
| 69 | She smiled at him from the opposite stool . |
| 70 | I did n't look too closely at any of the bits and pieces lying around , squinting at them from the side of my eye , wanting and not wanting to see bloody meat or tattered clothing . |
| 71 | 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 . |
| 72 | She cracked eggs into a frying pan and stood over them while they cooked , wincing as hot fat spat at her from the pan . |
| 73 | Knappertsbusch started screaming at him from the pit and that frightened me . |
| 74 | Reaching across , he slammed the door again , then glared at her from the space of inches . |
| 75 | " 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 . |
| 76 | Queen Margaret and Catesby glowered at us from the head of the table . |
| 77 | And some , as it meant , if that , if they had done that you actually have to put your foot in their sto , chest , or their stomach and push them away from you , and swim around and come at them from the back . |
| 78 | His name was called , and he turned his head and saw Lavinia waving at him from the porch . |
| 79 | Certainly my own identikit picture of the classic nasty old git a Tory faces is about 68 , wears a string vest and the trousers of an old suit , bears remnants of a tattoo on one shoulder and comes at you from the door of a council house with an unkempt garden in Mansfield , waving a stick and blaspheming mightily . |
| 80 | He glanced in to find Nadine Cunningham smiling at him from the driver 's seat . |
| 81 | ‘ I think we could sit down now , ’ Charlotte said in her clear voice , smiling at them from the door , and they followed her into the dining room . |