Example sentences of "[vb past] at him with [art] " in BNC.

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1 Wherever he walked , spring came at him with a rush , overwhelming him with sensation .
2 He said she invited him to her flat , and then came at HIM with a knife .
3 The bear sprang at him with a growl .
4 Instead she glanced at him with a blithe smile which she hoped disguised her true feelings , and carried on inking in colour .
5 She stared at him with a stiff , expressionless face .
6 All thoughts of where they were and what was happening fled abruptly as she stared at him with a shock that soon turned to joy as she saw the expression on his face .
7 Newman looked at him with no particular liking .
8 Sister Cooney looked at him with a polite , questioning smile and waited for him to continue or change the subject , as he thought fit .
9 The man looked at him with a kindly face .
10 Ilbrec was silent at that , and Ruth looked at him with a quick tightening of anxiety .
11 Louise looked at him with a mock stern expression .
12 His father looked at him with a disappointed expression , shaking his head slowly from side to side .
13 She looked at him with a challenging stare .
14 She looked at him with a derisive little smile — the sort of smile a lamb might bestow on a wolf promising that being eaten alive wo n't hurt .
15 She looked at him with a rising sense of panic that she tried to conceal .
16 Ernie looked at him with a sheepish grin .
17 Wycliffe looked at him with a vague expression .
18 Marks looked at him with a speculative eye .
19 She looked at him with a feeling of panic .
20 We 've got a fine little school here , I 'm sure you 'd agree — ’ Hilary Frome looked at him with a light of pure idealism in his eyes , but he drew the line at assenting — ‘ but what 's going to count in the years ahead is what we 've got up top .
21 She looked at him with a derision of her own , delighted to be able to go into battle , and she was just standing to leave when there was a noise in another room of the suite as if something had fallen over .
22 She looked at him with a tiny frown but said nothing .
23 She looked at him with a gleam of defiance .
24 Maggie looked at him with the light of love as she kissed him good night .
25 She looked at him with the confidence of a beautiful woman who was used to getting her own way .
26 Maura looked at him with the arrogance of youth .
27 At the last moment , when the engine blew steam , she let down the window and handed him an envelope addressed to St Ives ; she looked at him with the eyes of one waking from a dangerous dream .
28 And William looked at him with an odd expression , and at first Preston thought he really did n't remember or was pretending he did n't , but then he smiled , even more oddly , and said , ‘ The Devil . ’
29 The old gentleman looked at him with an expression of dislike .
30 She looked at him with an air of apology .
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