Example sentences of "and [vb pp] at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During their ‘ strange relationship ’ , Bryan had shot his friend in the chest with a crossbow , hit him on the head with a medieval mace and slashed at him with a sword , the judge heard . |
| 2 | The last time I had seen him , on the night of the fire , he had held my hands , told me I had saved his life , and looked at me as if he loved me . |
| 3 | In addition I explained to her that , having found the original event and looked at it through adult eyes , there was no danger that she would put an end to one problem only to replace it with another , as might have happened if we had not investigated its origins . |
| 4 | The thing which had been imprisoned in the corridor walls and which had gibbered and clutched at them with insane and monstrous hunger . |
| 5 | Robyn coughed violently and wiped at her by now streaming eyes . |
| 6 | The fingers tightened and every word he spoke was slow , deliberate and flung at her with malevolent force through his clenched teeth . |
| 7 | 1 held the metal box and chopped at him with the side of my hand , but it struck the sharp metal of the gun and I felt the flesh tear as one round fired . |
| 8 | Here we have a team unafraid to break out from any area of the field and run at you with ball in hand . |