Example sentences of "[vb past] at him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ma peered at him over the top of the evening paper , Her eyes were shifty with guilt . |
| 2 | Then she peered at him over the barrier of her firmly folded arms and expressed a thought that had occurred to her before , but that now she felt impress itself on her even more strongly . |
| 3 | She peered at him through the semi-darkness . |
| 4 | Kypov shouted at him across the few metres that separated them , and the breath spouted white from the Major 's mouth . |
| 5 | The helmeted figure shouted at him through a face mask . |
| 6 | His father shouted at him over the noise of the engine , ‘ I want you to see , Alexei . |
| 7 | Except on that one occasion when she lost her temper and shouted at him like a fishwife in front of her husband . |
| 8 | Saunders was arrested later and told police he ‘ legged it ’ after someone shouted at him from a car . |
| 9 | You could 've fooled me , ’ she lashed at him on a half-sob , her arms crossing her chest while her hands made an effort to massage the shoulder soreness caused by his gripping fingers . |
| 10 | There was a pause , than a woman 's reddened , raddled face squinted at him over the sill . |
| 11 | Wherever he walked , spring came at him with a rush , overwhelming him with sensation . |
| 12 | He said she invited him to her flat , and then came at HIM with a knife . |
| 13 | An explosive snort came at him from the centre of the room behind him . |
| 14 | And we all nodded at him : the man of finance , the man of accounts , the man of law , we all nodded at him over the polished table that like a still sheet of brown water reflected our faces , lined , wrinkled ; our faces marked by toil , by deceptions , by success , by love ; our weary eyes looking still , looking always , looking anxiously for something out of life , that while it is expected is already gone — has passed unseen , in a sigh , in a flash — together with the youth , with the strength , with the romance of illusions . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | She frowned at him for a moment ; then her brow cleared . |
| 17 | Ashley frowned at him along the length of the sofa . |
| 18 | The bear sprang at him with a growl . |
| 19 | Beside myself with rage , I crouched , shook my fist under his nose and yelled at him from a few inches ' range . |
| 20 | Paul Devraux grinned at him for a moment , then raised a cynical eyebrow . |
| 21 | ‘ Would you like a cup of coffee ? ’ he said to her at a station , and she grinned at him over the cardboard beaker , holding it with both hands . |
| 22 | and went and sat in the corner of the bathroom and went , scowled at him for a bit ! |
| 23 | Instead she glanced at him with a blithe smile which she hoped disguised her true feelings , and carried on inking in colour . |
| 24 | Willi glanced at him in the mirror and thought he still did n't look too good . |
| 25 | She waved at him from the door and went down to the street . |
| 26 | Jed just stared at him across the top of his glass . |
| 27 | Coleby stared at him across the table . |
| 28 | She stared at him with a stiff , expressionless face . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | She stared at him for a long time . |