Example sentences of "[vb past] at me [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Liz , the receptionist , peered at me over the top of her pink-rimmed spectacles .
2 His dark eyes flickered at me like a long sooty flame , then he looked down again .
3 She exploded at me in the hospital .
4 ‘ Shaun was getting really worked up and red and actually came at me with a pool cue , ’ says Gedge .
5 And then when I fell and was trying to get up , he came at me with a knife and that 's when you opened the door and — Oh , Mamma ! ’
6 I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres .
7 She came at me with a stool in her hand — who do you think was terrified then ?
8 She came at me like a madwoman .
9 Cherry said : ‘ He came at me like a man possessed .
10 The woman smiled and nodded at me through the noise that made a surrounding silence .
11 He frowned at me with a long look in which I read nothing .
12 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 .
13 Kodiak the Alsatian barked at me for a few minutes , and gave up in resignation .
14 Erica grinned at me like a witch , saying , ‘ You 're much too physical for the literati . ’
15 He grinned at me in the gloom , and introduced himself as if I might recognize the name .
16 He had hesitated , then glanced at me with a gravity that did not quite hide the smile behind it .
17 She glanced at me in an odd way .
18 The rising tower of debris blossomed and drifted , starting to fall as the shockwave pulsed at me from the dune .
19 The men were gratified and returned his greeting , but stared at me with a mixture of impudence and hostility .
20 It stared at me for a few seconds , then the lens flashed again , a key was put into the lock , bolts were drawn and the door was opened .
21 He stared at me for a moment , and I thought he was going to be angry .
22 He stared at me for a moment , then very carefully , he picked me up with finger and thumb and looked at me .
23 She stared at me in a kind of shocked silence and then gradually withdrew into the shadows of her front hall , closing the door in front of her .
24 Rickie chanted at me with a sudden and extraordinary vindictiveness .
25 She blinked at me for a minute or two and then said , ‘ Aliens ! ’
26 She looked at me across the dining table , frowned and said , ‘ I do n't see the point . ’
27 He looked at me across the room .
28 ‘ It got to the point that if someone looked at me on the street I thought they were responsible . ’
29 The doctor looked at me with a disgruntled expression .
30 He looked at me with a gentle , sad expression on his face .
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