Example sentences of "would [vb infin] at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	They 'd laugh at you from here to Bergen .
2	They 'd look at me in surprise , so enthralled had they been .
3	They 'd look at him as a pillar of respect , of authority , you see ?
4	I 'd stare at them for hours .
5	I wish he 'd smile at me like that , Anne thought .
6	( ’ The people who sold the soap for us want to replenish their supply ’ came the typically slippery message to McFarlane ; his secretary described how , when such messages came , he would look at her with a puzzled expression . )
7	Maybe Matthew would look at her with fresh eyes , realize that the innocent freckled little creature he used to take swimming ( or riding , or bicycling or something ) had suddenly grown into a beautiful woman .
8	It is true that , characteristically , he was about to cadge a lift ; but lift or no lift , most elevated academics of those ( and these ) days when accosted by some unknown student would look at him as if he were something deposited on the pavement in contravention of the local by laws .
9	Sometimes they were so drunk they fell asleep where they were and lay without pillows or covers until I returned from work , and then I would rage at them in Arabic , telling them that thanks to them my room was no better than the Italian 's pigsty at home ; we used to spit on the ground whenever we went near it , children and grownups alike , shouting exclamations of disgust , even though all we could see of it was the outer fence .
10	I would go at it like mad and when the middle bit came I would think , ‘ Thank God , I can have a rest , ’ says Charman .
11	The idea was to sit the listener in the middle of a square array of loudspeakers , so sound would come at him from all corners — despite the fact that most live performances of music take place in front of the listener .
12	Rose did n't smack her charge : too little ; but she would complain at her in exasperated sing-song .

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