Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] at [pron] the " in BNC.

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1 When children have not been warned that their parent is going to ignore them rather than shout at them the rate of their difficult behaviour may temporarily increase ( Sajwaj and Dillon 1976 ) .
2 They had n't got no kids , yelling and nagging at you the minute you get in , crawling all over you in the night because they 're cutting their bloody teeth .
3 The notice given should be reasonable , and the date , time and place at which the applicant 's attendance is required should be specified , with a reference to the relevant section of the Act , viz. 5.15 .
4 But — ’ and here she sighed , ‘ Lily darling , I could look and look at him the whole day … ’
5 She walked across to Georg and looked at him the way she looked at Gesner .
6 As he screamed and clutched at himself the wizard dragged open the door , sprang inside , slammed it behind him and threw his body against it , panting .
7 They stood and stared at me the man with a vague anger , it seemed , the girl expressionlessly .
8 He watched her throw back her head and laugh at something the policeman said , then move very close to him as he wrote something down in his book .
9 Wid ye jist take a keek oot o' that windae and lukk at whit the silly bitch is daein' noo !
10 It 's hopelessly confusing to a child if you laugh at her behaviour one day , but shout at her the next for the same trick .
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