Example sentences of "[adv prt] at me [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Funny little faces peering down at me through the branches overhead .
2 As I write , he nods down at me from the wall beside my desk ; shining brass-reel in place , cast and flies still ready for action , waiting for the last trumpet to sound .
3 Rubbing his glasses clean , he peered intently over at me through the thin rain .
4 He lay grinning up at me on the water , spreadeagled on his back with his arms splayed .
5 When at last the child was comforted , Māilo looked up at me across the fire .
6 I had reached the letter " C " and as the word " Castration " looked up at me from the page I was jerked back to Rory .
7 Of all the things that sprung out at me on the paper in this report that we could actually do something about was to slot in a fifth round about the five o'clock crunch time and taken them out the market but I
8 Like a mugger you leap out at me from the dark , and my rights as a woman are violated by your obscene masculinity !
9 A wee grey woman wearing a headscarf peered out at me from the end of the bus queue .
10 The Doctor , in top hat and frock coat , looked confidently out at me from the label as I pulled out the cork and took a sniff .
11 ‘ Two men sprang out at me from the little park .
12 ‘ That when I ‘ dared ’ to so compel you , you flew out at me like the spirited filly you are under that demure exterior , ’ stated her ladyship with a quizzing look .
13 I was thinking it would be nice to spend some time travelling with someone else , to share the strain but , as we entered the darkness which had me constantly glancing up to check the shadow of my bag , my only companion was the bearded , dark-eyed twin who stared back at me from the occluded window .
14 I did n't identify with the tired , frightened failure that stared back at me from the mirror .
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