Example sentences of "[verb] at [pers pn] like [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Back again to the fundamental question of whether or not he was idle , he worried at it like a terrier , then laid down a challenge . |
| 32 | And he laughed at her like a boy . |
| 33 | ‘ Talking about matters of import , ’ Riven said absently , though uneasiness buzzed at him like a fly . |
| 34 | He looked at them like an auctioneer trying to improve a poor lot m a cattle market . |
| 35 | Franks looked at him like a round-eyed baby . |
| 36 | It nagged at her like an aching tooth . |
| 37 | The thin man niggled at him like a flea in the hide of a rhinoceros . |
| 38 | And of course the dreadful thought gnawing at him like a rat , that he refused to allow into his conscious mind , was the fear that she might already be complete in herself , and because of her love for her dead husband have no time for his helpless need , just as his mother had once been complete , in her sorrowful love for the stillborn Vincent who had preceded him . |
| 39 | Salt was scowling at her like a dried prune . |
| 40 | He smiled at her like a cat smiling at a mouse . |
| 41 | It gnawed at her like a ravenous animal . |
| 42 | He winked at her like a cheery market tradesman selling substandard goods , already thinking of the lunch he had planned with an old colleague from the Manchester force . |
| 43 | He growled and gibbered at them like a witch-hare and those nearest to him fell back in fear . |
| 44 | He stood and glared at me like a mad dog . |
| 45 | I can tell from the way you 're sparking at me like a green-eyed cat that there 's nothing you 'd like more . ’ |
| 46 | I knew the joy of the world and wondered at it like a child . |
| 47 | I glance fearfully at Enid , but she is smiling at us like an indulgent mother . |