Example sentences of "[verb] at it with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , gradually , her ideas would come together until , sitting on a stretch of grass and stabbing at it with the end of her parasol , she would repeat to herself , ‘ Oh God , why did I get married ? ’ ’ |
| 2 | She scuffed at it with the tip of one brown brogue but it did not even smudge . |
| 3 | I picked up the crumpled cheque and spread it out , looking at it with the sort of hopeless hunger with which one admires things in the window of Fortnum & Mason . |
| 4 | She pulled at it with the tip of her fingers , catching it as it fell . |
| 5 | When she saw him approaching , she lowered her gaze to the canvas before her and began to dab at it with the brush . |