Example sentences of "came at [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A-Team star George Peppard 's second wife , actress Elizabeth Ashley — whom he met and fell in love with when they made The Carpetbaggers in 1964 — claimed that he assaulted her and came at her with a hot frying pan , an allegation that Peppard has always strongly denied . |
| 2 | The door was slammed wide , and he came at her with the speed of the vehicle that should have killed him two nights before . |
| 3 | ‘ He came at her from the front then ? ’ |
| 4 | That was still the thought in her mind as she struck the ground , not knowing how she came to be there , as one never knows , having suffered a blow aimed from behind which came at her like a thunderbolt , felled her in the presence of a hundred indifferent spectators and left her prostrate , struggling as in those terrible lodging-house dreams , to get up , to breathe , while the weasel-pack fell on top of her , shrieking with laughter . |
| 5 | This time masculine appreciation came at her like a wave and her answering smile was enough to light the room on its own . |
| 6 | ‘ Shaun was getting really worked up and red and actually came at me with a pool cue , ’ says Gedge . |
| 7 | 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 ! ’ |
| 8 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 9 | She came at me with a stool in her hand — who do you think was terrified then ? |
| 10 | She came at me like a madwoman . |
| 11 | Cherry said : ‘ He came at me like a man possessed . |
| 12 | Wherever he walked , spring came at him with a rush , overwhelming him with sensation . |
| 13 | He said she invited him to her flat , and then came at HIM with a knife . |
| 14 | An explosive snort came at him from the centre of the room behind him . |
| 15 | As they stepped out from behind the tree , a figure , walking rapidly and glancing back over his shoulder , stepped off the pavement a few yards up and came at them on a collision course . |
| 16 | It came at them like a bullet from a gun , faster , faster , the tortured motor on a rising scream . |
| 17 | She came at them like a canoeist , breasting white water . |