Example sentences of "[vb past] at [pers pn] like [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His dark eyes flickered at me like a long sooty flame , then he looked down again . |
| 2 | Except on that one occasion when she lost her temper and shouted at him like a fishwife in front of her husband . |
| 3 | That was still the thought in her mind as she struck the ground , not knowing how she came to be there , as one never knows , having suffered a blow aimed from behind which came at her like a thunderbolt , felled her in the presence of a hundred indifferent spectators and left her prostrate , struggling as in those terrible lodging-house dreams , to get up , to breathe , while the weasel-pack fell on top of her , shrieking with laughter . |
| 4 | This time masculine appreciation came at her like a wave and her answering smile was enough to light the room on its own . |
| 5 | She came at me like a madwoman . |
| 6 | Cherry said : ‘ He came at me like a man possessed . |
| 7 | It came at them like a bullet from a gun , faster , faster , the tortured motor on a rising scream . |
| 8 | She came at them like a canoeist , breasting white water . |
| 9 | Erica grinned at me like a witch , saying , ‘ You 're much too physical for the literati . ’ |
| 10 | The rest of the group stared at us like a hanging jury before sentence is passed . |
| 11 | Back again to the fundamental question of whether or not he was idle , he worried at it like a terrier , then laid down a challenge . |
| 12 | And he laughed at her like a boy . |
| 13 | ‘ Talking about matters of import , ’ Riven said absently , though uneasiness buzzed at him like a fly . |
| 14 | He looked at them like an auctioneer trying to improve a poor lot m a cattle market . |
| 15 | Franks looked at him like a round-eyed baby . |
| 16 | It nagged at her like an aching tooth . |
| 17 | The thin man niggled at him like a flea in the hide of a rhinoceros . |
| 18 | He smiled at her like a cat smiling at a mouse . |
| 19 | It gnawed at her like a ravenous animal . |
| 20 | He winked at her like a cheery market tradesman selling substandard goods , already thinking of the lunch he had planned with an old colleague from the Manchester force . |
| 21 | He growled and gibbered at them like a witch-hare and those nearest to him fell back in fear . |
| 22 | He stood and glared at me like a mad dog . |
| 23 | I knew the joy of the world and wondered at it like a child . |