Example sentences of "[verb] at [pers pn] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cold winds knifed at them but the baby was snug in its portable bed , the blue and pink rabbits bobbling between its face and the real world . |
| 2 | Simon Wigg says that everybody was laughing at him because the bike looked so different but he had the last laugh … won the title and that 's what it 's all about … |
| 3 | Duncan , not the greatest fan of junk food , had picked at his while the policeman enthusiastically devoured his . |
| 4 | I have n't looked at it but the hype on the author will continue through to the paperback . |
| 5 | Even so , by the time he finally put down his wooden weapon and rebuckled his sword belt , his recently healed collarbone was shouting at him and the older injuries over his body joined in . |
| 6 | But she turned away without looking at him and the next moment Doyle had him by the arm and was hauling him upstairs . |
| 7 | Whether she was looking at me or the moon — who knows ? |
| 8 | Everybody has read about out of body experiences and I do n't know if that is what it was , but I was not frightened by the person who was looking at me and the image that I had and that I still have in my mind is that it looked like me |
| 9 | Everybody has read about out of body experiences and I do n't know if that is what it was , but I was not frightened by the person who was looking at me and the image that I had and that I still have in my mind is that it looked like me . |
| 10 | Looking at it and the bleak shore of Flotta beyond , the memories came flooding back : pink gins before Sunday lunch at twopence a throw ; dressing up as Tartars and Eskimos and Bedouins for Tribal parties ; cinema shows where the reels were laced up in the wrong order ; darts competitions in the wardroom flat ; early winter morning torpedo firings in the Flow , very dark and cold ; walks to Longhope for fresh eggs , or fishing for sea-trout in the bay ; piping the admiral as we passed the headquarters ship and eased our way down to Switha Gate bound for distant waters , the captain on the compass platform with cap at an angle , elbows on hips and gloved hands turned upwards , Spider beside him puffing smoke through a black holder and advising courses to steer ; and then , as the ship adjusted herself to the roll and rhythm of the sea , a last flashing message from the signal station at Hoxa Head ( now vandalized and abandoned ) , as it would be the first on our return , days or weeks later . |
| 11 | And so in conclusion I looking at it and the exhibitions we 've made to you and to the county in the course of the consultation draft is that this county does not need this policy and that it is in fact an insidious and repressive kind of policy that it contrary to national planning guidance and should not be included in the alterations . |
| 12 | look at me or the guys with the sewing machines I mean |
| 13 | They look at it when the client comes in |
| 14 | She guessed that her weekly visits made her a regular , for the keyboard player nodded at her and the guitarist/vocalist grinned . |
| 15 | Now he did look at her and the look was almost forlorn . |
| 16 | And the Father could not look at him and the Spirit fled away . |
| 17 | She continued to stare at it as the minutes passed . |
| 18 | Kellerman grinned at her but the gesture faded instantly as Donna spat in his face , the mucus sliding down his cheek thickly like gelatinous tears . |
| 19 | All the ward visitors were staring at me and the other nurses looked over in disbelief . |
| 20 | I think it 's disgusting you blokes staring at it and the girls go we do n't mind , you know |
| 21 | I can see your poor little furious red face now , glaring at me and the tears kept running down your cheeks into your ears and I remember wondering if one 's brain could become waterlogged . |
| 22 | He stared at her while the seconds flew past , and then he shook his head . |
| 23 | Kelly stared at it and the lad hurried on . |
| 24 | It was terrible , I just sat in the house all day and when my husband was n't working he 'd just scream at me and the kids would be screaming and he 'd be hitting them . " |
| 25 | She felt hurt and angry and insignificant — did he really see nothing when he looked at her but the acquisition of Swift ? |
| 26 | Yet his expression as he looked at her and the strength with which he seized her arm made her uncomfortably aware of their isolated position . |
| 27 | She was well aware that she purred inside like a cat if he even looked at her and the whole thing filled her with amazement . |
| 28 | They looked at them and looked at them and the more they did the less they understood . |
| 29 | ‘ I suppose , ' ’ Rab said , but he hardly felt the better ; not , with hobo drinkers , they looked at him and the tattooed barman called him Stick . |
| 30 | No one even looked at me or the trolley . |