Example sentences of "at [pron] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one 's shot at me for a minute . ’ |
| 2 | He looked at me for a minute . |
| 3 | She blinked at me for a minute or two and then said , ‘ Aliens ! ’ |
| 4 | He looks at me for a second . |
| 5 | She looks at me for a bit , then she goes over to the drawer and takes out another envelope . |
| 6 | My father stopped , looked at me for a bit and then said that in the circumstances I could go out that night — providing I milked the cows first . |
| 7 | Mick looked at me for a couple of moments and , scratching his head , he replied If the Marines want you to play your bagpipes in their area , and you agree to do it , then you are all bloody mad . |
| 8 | But that was just a hope he 'd been tossing at me for a couple of years without any interest from me . |
| 9 | He looked at me for a while , thinking . |
| 10 | He went on gazing at me for a moment , then asked : ‘ Everything in hand downstairs ? ’ |
| 11 | He looked at me for a moment then sighed and got up from the chair . |
| 12 | She looked at me for a moment , measuringly , as if wondering whether I meant it . |
| 13 | He looked at me for a moment , halted in the act of folding his stethoscope . |
| 14 | He stared at me for a moment , and I thought he was going to be angry . |
| 15 | He stared at me for a moment , then very carefully , he picked me up with finger and thumb and looked at me . |
| 16 | She stares at me for a moment in her shocked haze of light . |
| 17 | I dashed out to the landing and ran into Siegfried , who stared wide-eyed at me for a moment before galloping downstairs . |
| 18 | She came at me with a stool in her hand — who do you think was terrified then ? |
| 19 | The men were gratified and returned his greeting , but stared at me with a mixture of impudence and hostility . |
| 20 | As I left , Estella 's lovely face looked at me in wonder , but Miss Havisham was staring at me with a mixture of pity and guilt . |
| 21 | He had hesitated , then glanced at me with a gravity that did not quite hide the smile behind it . |
| 22 | She looked at me with a smile that implied fusion . |
| 23 | This was my cue but Alec was looking across at me with a grin that was too eager and I faltered . |
| 24 | He blinked and looked at me with a return of his tough expression . |
| 25 | He looked up at me with a scowl , a scowl of surprise . |
| 26 | Then the door behind my head jerked open , the car light came on like a flashbulb , and there was a seven-foot black pimp snarling down at me with a mahogany baseball bat in his fist . |
| 27 | He looked at me with a sense of utter incredulity and answered : ‘ I do n't know how he thinks . ’ |
| 28 | If he had come at me with a knife , I would have fought him . |
| 29 | 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 ! ’ |
| 30 | Miss comes at me with a knife and she attempts to stab me and she means it , she wants to stab me and she means it |