Example sentences of "at them [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | If Edward could not get at them here without the hazards of the river-crossing , neither could they get at him . |
2 | They cursed and uttered muttered threats to desert , but on and on they walked until they made out a herd of wild cattle staring at them hostilely through the rain , and clambered aboard . |
3 | There were also a great many red squirrels in the forest , delicate little creatures with tufted ears who looked at them fearlessly from the high branches . |
4 | ‘ Even when we had a right go at them late in the second half , they were still strong . |
5 | Every ten minutes or so a larger swell came at them out of the darkness . |
6 | A heavy swell came at them out of the thick darkness . |
7 | The throaty rumble of twin diesel motors muttered at them out of the darkness . |