Example sentences of "[vb past] at [pers pn] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A dog with more breeds in its blood than hairs on its back foamed and yapped at them from the limit of its rope ; the curtains of several trailers were drawn back by shadowy witnesses ; two girls in early adolescence , both with hair so long and blonde they looked to have been baptized in gold ( unlikely beauty , in such a place ) rose from beside the fire , one running as if to alert guards , the other watching the newcomers with a smile somewhere between the seraphic and the cretinous on her face . |
| 2 | ‘ He came at her from the front then ? ’ |
| 3 | An explosive snort came at him from the centre of the room behind him . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's more than you 'd dare , Deveraugh , ’ she threw at him from the relative safety of the riverbank , and he laughed softly , the sound of it filling her ears as she sped across the grass . |
| 5 | When he threw open shutters to let in air and light , pictures sprang at her from the walls . |
| 6 | Jonathan 's face grinned at her from the telescreens . |
| 7 | In spring , summer and autumn it grinned at them from the greenwood . |
| 8 | The rising tower of debris blossomed and drifted , starting to fall as the shockwave pulsed at me from the dune . |
| 9 | She waved at him from the door and went down to the street . |
| 10 | Everyone waved at us from the street and were ever ready to help with directions . |
| 11 | But now , a week after Easter , his failure stared at him from the empty pews . |
| 12 | Tilda did not understand what he was doing , but she stared at him from the height of the mast until he became conscious of her , and turned round . |
| 13 | They scratched and squeaked and ran about , and stared at him from the holes in the walls . |
| 14 | In the bathroom , her woebegone face stared at her from the mirror . |
| 15 | He looked at her from the corner of his eye . |
| 16 | They combined erm the four hundred and fifty odd erm four hundred and seventeen sorry patients in er several M R C studies and looked at them from the point of view of erm prognostic markers for occurrence and they came up with two factors which overridingly were more important than the others . |
| 17 | Nobody looked at him from the windows . |
| 18 | A dark and lovely young woman smiled at her from the doorstep . |
| 19 | Eva smiled at me from the driver 's seat . |
| 20 | He rose to his feet , genuinely pleased to see the pretty girl who smiled at him from the doorway . |
| 21 | She smiled at him from the opposite stool . |
| 22 | Reaching across , he slammed the door again , then glared at her from the space of inches . |
| 23 | " Clearly , your son is guilty of trespass , and we should be within our rights to hand him over to the Justices , " Sir Gregory said , standing very straight-backed by the table , while Harry glowered at him from the hearth . |
| 24 | Queen Margaret and Catesby glowered at us from the head of the table . |