Example sentences of "[verb] at him [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She beat at him with her fists , striking him in the face , making him jerk back his head . |
| 2 | I lay down on him and beat at him with my fists . |
| 3 | She stood to slip the dress down over her hips , and pouted at him in her petticoat . |
| 4 | ‘ Does the moon shine in the night sky ? ’ she mocked shakily , laughing at him through her tears . |
| 5 | The ladies mocked him , laughing at him behind their hands . ’ |
| 6 | Everyone in Rosington seemed to be laughing at him behind his back . |
| 7 | Benson peered at him through his pipe smoke . |
| 8 | How she had looked at him on their wedding day — as if he were a god ! |
| 9 | She was biting on her lip , distressed , frowning at him under her fringe of red hair . |
| 10 | There was Maria Filippa , however , looking at him through her glasses which had misted up in horror and grief at his outburst , gulping the air like a fish ; she was not like his sister Rosa , not one of those girls he had to protect from their own compulsions , but his own beloved and burdened wife , so reserved in bed that he even regretted her modesty himself , and so far from the whore he was about to call her , he shuddered from head to foot . |
| 11 | That has its charm , ’ said his mother , looking at him through her silver glasses . |
| 12 | Elinor was looking at him with what might have been respect . |
| 13 | And Matey badly needed help ; indeed , she was looking at him with something like approval . |
| 14 | Gerrard was looking at him with his eyebrows slightly raised . |
| 15 | His eyes had a wildness about them , as though he might attack the boy , who was looking at him with his mouth open . |
| 16 | In return his father rages at him for his inability to become a ‘ real ’ man , and demands as the only acceptable proof that Lucio has regained his masculinity that he attack the very next man he sees and sexually assault the first woman ( iv . |
| 17 | The two eldest of the ‘ broth ’ agreed with their father , nodding and grinning at him with their mouths full . |
| 18 | Young Donald was grinning at him with his new look of mockery . |
| 19 | Samantha look at him with my glasses on . |
| 20 | You could wheel in Julius Caesar and Pike would just sit there , peering at him through his gold-rimmed glasses . |
| 21 | She raised her head to look at him between her bare knees . |
| 22 | ‘ Because all the old cats will be sniggering at him behind his back , that 's why . |
| 23 | I tried to smile at him through my tears , but I realized it had n't turned out very well , so I squeezed his hand which I was holding . |
| 24 | Instead , he allowed the old man to usher him along and occasionally jab at him with his stick . |
| 25 | He was pleased to see her looking less pale than when he had last seen her , and she grinned at him with something of her old cheerfulness . |
| 26 | How dare you say that I 'm dull ? ’ she stormed , the accumulations of the day taking their toll as she swung at him with her handbag . |
| 27 | She now grinned at him as she pushed him , only to cry at him under her breath as he lifted the teapot , ‘ Leave it ! |
| 28 | ‘ The groovesome dudes , ’ she said thickly , staring at him through her lashes , then drew an unsteady breath and turned her back on him . |
| 29 | Jack took hold of her arms but she stood there limply , staring at him with her wet eyes , opening her wet mouth . |
| 30 | So when he sees Rose staring at him with her dark , serious eyes among the crowds on the staircases in the interval ( this is at a concert ) he does n't hesitate for a moment , but goes straight up to her . |