Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I being told that the law of England is so deficient that , if one assaults a person by driving a car at them to the danger of that person 's life or property — whether or not one damages either — that is not a crime known to the common law of England , and would it not attract the most condign penalties ? |
| 2 | True , she went to bed late , and was often at her desk until four a.m. , and so might have been expected to rise well after midday , and luxuriate over breakfast before beginning her day 's work at one in the afternoon . |
| 3 | She flicked a pink anemone at him through the hatch and it hit his cheek so that he turned round and winked at her . |
| 4 | Lineker says : ‘ It really started , if Graham 's honest , when he had a dig at me about the Republic of Ireland game at Wembley , when I did a piece with one of the newspapers saying I was a bit tired . |
| 5 | ‘ Graham was not happy about that and had a dig at me in the press . |
| 6 | Luckily my father grew tired of this grand scheme and contented himself with firing the odd surprise question at me concerning the capacity of the umbrella-stand in pints or the total area in fractions of an acre of all the curtains in the house actually hung up at the time . |
| 7 | By August 1991 W. 's condition had deteriorated to the point at which for a short time she had to be fed by nasogastric tube and have her arms encased in plaster . |
| 8 | In fact , I 'd been brought up to regard failure at anything as the ultimate sin . |
| 9 | He flourished the bloody sword at them in a mocking salute , then trotted back to the road . |
| 10 | But in a book he 's written he 's had a real big pop at me in a sour way . |
| 11 | Balvinder shook his head at me across the ring : ‘ This one very weakling bird , ’ he shouted . |
| 12 | She shook her head at him in a gesture of bewilderment . |
| 13 | A swarthy fellow with ringlets was taking a slash at her with a heavy cutlass . |
| 14 | It turned out that he 'd inched along the parapet — a thin one about six inches wide — and had a good peek at us through the windows . |
| 15 | ‘ This clot , ’ boomed the Headmistress , pointing the riding-crop at him like a rapier , ‘ this black-head , this foul carbuncle , this poisonous pustule that you see before you is none other than a disgusting criminal , a denizen of the underworld , a member of the Mafia ! ’ |
| 16 | It was no fun , and the putrid bridie at the restaurant , thrown across the counter at me by a young waitress who clearly blamed me personally for the shortcomings in her life , was little consolation . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's where I saw you ! ’ he exclaimed , sitting up in his chair , and pointing a finger at her like a gun . |
| 18 | He put down the pot , stared at the floor for a few seconds and then looked up glowering , pointed his finger at me in a way that was frightening because it was so sudden . |
| 19 | You ca n't get 4wd handling and muscular performance at anything like the low prices these cars fetch on the used car market . |
| 20 | The barmaid took a swing at him with the dreaded spatula . |
| 21 | She felt as if someone had taken a swing at her with a sledgehammer , but did n't fall off her stool . |
| 22 | He thrust the edge of a clipboard at me like a weapon . |
| 23 | We dealt with 38 stories from the Financial World Tonight through Today , The World at One to the 6 O'Clock bulletin . |
| 24 | I aimed my camera at them over the fence , |
| 25 | In desperation we dug a hole , a big hole , in the depths of the night — brilliant sunshine at one in the morning — put the radio on full and buried it . |
| 26 | He half-levelled the rifle at me in a menacing way . |
| 27 | The tourist will rent a small receiver for around £2 and press a button as he approaches any of the major buildings and monuments , where a small transmitter will then spout cultural , historical , artistic and commercial information at him in a choice of Italian , German , English or Spanish , at any hour of the day or night . |
| 28 | Bessie chuckled and waved her hand at him in a dismissing gesture . |
| 29 | A crazy man , someone she had never seen before , took a shot at her from a rooftop . |
| 30 | ‘ You could n't have mentioned this when I took a shot at him in the alleyway . ’ |