Example sentences of "at [pron] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ooh la la , ’ said Nour , looking up to smile directly at me with the triumph of the creature who knows himself to be irresistible . |
| 2 | She touched the flowers , looking at them with the steady , close , and intent gaze that Annie Laval also reserved for such an occasion . |
| 3 | She would survey him coldly with eyes that spat venom — Look at you with the gimp of an old scarecrow on you , they would say . |
| 4 | Now sailing encompasses windsurfing , dinghy sailing and ocean cruising and if you 've got millions of pounds to spend you can enter the Fastnet or the Admiral 's Cup but whatever level or whatever part of sailing you want to take up , the basic techniques are best learnt in a dinghy or sail boat because it 's less expensive and a lot more simple to operate and that 's the purpose of this video to learn the most basic techniques as quickly as possible and to be at one with the wind . |
| 5 | Grimma stared at her with the kind of expression reserved for people who turn out , against all expectation , to have interesting and secret histories . |
| 6 | The door was slammed wide , and he came at her with the speed of the vehicle that should have killed him two nights before . |
| 7 | His dark brows rose in astonishment at this attack and then he slid his arms round her and pulled her towards him , looking down at her with the sort of expression a grown-up reserved for a naughty child . |
| 8 | Patrizia Valesio was staring at him with the expression of one who is not to be put off by interruptions . |
| 9 | Her enormous grey eyes ( they would have been rather striking if only she had used some make-up ) were staring at him with the expression of a trapped rabbit . |
| 10 | He could not understand the familiarity of the elderly stranger , who gazed at him with the pride of a long-lost brother . |
| 11 | In the centre there Priam sits on an altar , a huge tripod behind , and reaches in supplication to Neoptolemos who strikes at him with the corpse of his grandson not saved by Andromache 's effort . |
| 12 | It was an arm 's length away and raising its head to hook at him with the horn that was already dark with his father 's blood when he discharged his second barrel . |
| 13 | She looked at him with the confidence of a beautiful woman who was used to getting her own way . |
| 14 | Maura looked at him with the arrogance of youth . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She took a playful swipe at his face , but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand , then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine . |
| 17 | Alan dabbed hurriedly at him with the towel and picked him up . |
| 18 | Maggie looked at him with the light of love as she kissed him good night . |
| 19 | She scuffed at it with the tip of one brown brogue but it did not even smudge . |
| 20 | She pulled at it with the tip of her fingers , catching it as it fell . |
| 21 | When she saw him approaching , she lowered her gaze to the canvas before her and began to dab at it with the brush . |
| 22 | And while you 're at it with the bin get yourself a tissue as well , to wipe your nose . |
| 23 | I picked up the crumpled cheque and spread it out , looking at it with the sort of hopeless hunger with which one admires things in the window of Fortnum & Mason . |
| 24 | The villagers looked down at it with the satisfaction of those who could n't swim and certainly would n't want to try . |
| 25 | Then , gradually , her ideas would come together until , sitting on a stretch of grass and stabbing at it with the end of her parasol , she would repeat to herself , ‘ Oh God , why did I get married ? ’ ’ |