Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [pers pn] [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 | She flicked a pink anemone at him through the hatch and it hit his cheek so that he turned round and winked at her . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Graham was not happy about that and had a dig at me in the press . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He flourished the bloody sword at them in a mocking salute , then trotted back to the road . |
| 7 | But in a book he 's written he 's had a real big pop at me in a sour way . |
| 8 | Balvinder shook his head at me across the ring : ‘ This one very weakling bird , ’ he shouted . |
| 9 | She shook her head at him in a gesture of bewilderment . |
| 10 | A swarthy fellow with ringlets was taking a slash at her with a heavy cutlass . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 ! ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's where I saw you ! ’ he exclaimed , sitting up in his chair , and pointing a finger at her like a gun . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The barmaid took a swing at him with the dreaded spatula . |
| 17 | She felt as if someone had taken a swing at her with a sledgehammer , but did n't fall off her stool . |
| 18 | He thrust the edge of a clipboard at me like a weapon . |
| 19 | I aimed my camera at them over the fence , |
| 20 | He half-levelled the rifle at me in a menacing way . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Bessie chuckled and waved her hand at him in a dismissing gesture . |
| 23 | A crazy man , someone she had never seen before , took a shot at her from a rooftop . |
| 24 | ‘ You could n't have mentioned this when I took a shot at him in the alleyway . ’ |
| 25 | Why , people wave at me in the streets ! ’ |
| 26 | Ronni shot her response at him like a reflex action , a little guiltily aware that it had rather less to do with the truth and rather more to do with her sudden need for a shield . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll get our family doctor to take a look at her in the morning . |
| 28 | But I can take some of these back to the office and have a look at them under the funny lights — ultra-violet , infra-red — to see if anything shows up . |
| 29 | During local soaring , select good-looking fields , and then go and have a look at them after the flight to see what they are really like . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , it 's all right , I — ’ She stopped and did her best to get a really good look at him through the fog . |