Example sentences of "[vb past] at [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She came at me like a madwoman . |
| 32 | Cherry said : ‘ He came at me like a man possessed . |
| 33 | Wherever he walked , spring came at him with a rush , overwhelming him with sensation . |
| 34 | He said she invited him to her flat , and then came at HIM with a knife . |
| 35 | An explosive snort came at him from the centre of the room behind him . |
| 36 | As they stepped out from behind the tree , a figure , walking rapidly and glancing back over his shoulder , stepped off the pavement a few yards up and came at them on a collision course . |
| 37 | It came at them like a bullet from a gun , faster , faster , the tortured motor on a rising scream . |
| 38 | She came at them like a canoeist , breasting white water . |
| 39 | The woman smiled and nodded at me through the noise that made a surrounding silence . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | ‘ 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 . |
| 42 | ‘ I 'll feel stronger a damn sight faster if I move around a bit , ’ he threw at her in a voice little better than a snarl . |
| 43 | After about five minutes a middle-aged woman appeared in the doorway and , seeing Lucy , stopped and frowned at her over the top of her glasses . |
| 44 | She frowned at him for a moment ; then her brow cleared . |
| 45 | Ashley frowned at him along the length of the sofa . |
| 46 | He frowned at me with a long look in which I read nothing . |
| 47 | That name clearly struck a chord in McIllvanney , for he frowned at me for a few seconds , but the chord must have faded for he shrugged it off . |
| 48 | Kodiak the Alsatian barked at me for a few minutes , and gave up in resignation . |
| 49 | Silas barked at her in a fury . |
| 50 | The bear sprang at him with a growl . |
| 51 | When he threw open shutters to let in air and light , pictures sprang at her from the walls . |
| 52 | Beside myself with rage , I crouched , shook my fist under his nose and yelled at him from a few inches ' range . |
| 53 | Erica grinned at me like a witch , saying , ‘ You 're much too physical for the literati . ’ |
| 54 | He grinned at me in the gloom , and introduced himself as if I might recognize the name . |
| 55 | Iris grinned at her over the rim of her glass of mineral water . |
| 56 | Albert grinned at her in an indulgent , knowing way and it made her angry . |
| 57 | They grinned at her in an easy , friendly way and she returned their smiles . |
| 58 | His forehead was ripped dark in the starlight but his cheekbones still gleamed ( an image superimposed : the sunset slanting over him as he grinned at her in the freighter ) the way she remembered . |
| 59 | He grinned at her from a toothless mouth . |
| 60 | Jonathan 's face grinned at her from the telescreens . |