Example sentences of "[verb] at us [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For more than two decades now , first one , then another exercise programme has been thrust at us as the answer to all the ills of modern living from heart attacks to stress . |
| 2 | Here we have someone shouting at us about the bad effects of the Prozac , they then tell us that have n't taken them . |
| 3 | Tiny green balls of light phosphorescing at us from the dark of the bracken . |
| 4 | He grinned at us through the darkness . |
| 5 | There are skylarks and foxes and an owl sits in the apple tree staring at us by the fire in winter . |
| 6 | Everyone waved at us from the street and were ever ready to help with directions . |
| 7 | He nods at us through the car window , then snaps shut the central-locking , making himself secure . |
| 8 | He 's a very contented baby , a joy to his parents and big sister , and today at nine weeks old ( 40+3 ) , he smiled at us for the first time . |
| 9 | Outside the city we passed by a refugee camp where white-faced , unsmiling boys and girls gazed at us through the railings . |
| 10 | Queen Margaret and Catesby glowered at us from the head of the table . |