Example sentences of "come at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he had come at me with a knife , I would have fought him . |
| 2 | The person who had nearly strangled her had come at her from behind . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The door was slammed wide , and he came at her with the speed of the vehicle that should have killed him two nights before . |
| 5 | How on earth could he tell ? she wondered , hunched against the banshee howling that came at her from all directions , hurling rain against her skin with such force it stung like grit . |
| 6 | ‘ He came at her from the front then ? ’ |
| 7 | She was about to return to her own chamber to put her clothes away again when an urgent hiss came at her from down the gallery . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This time masculine appreciation came at her like a wave and her answering smile was enough to light the room on its own . |
| 10 | ‘ Shaun was getting really worked up and red and actually came at me with a pool cue , ’ says Gedge . |
| 11 | 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 ! ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He got up and came at me with surprising speed , but suddenly the Hispaniola hit the sand and went over on one side . |
| 14 | I tried to drive on , but he came at me with some story of having run out of petrol . |
| 15 | She came at me with a stool in her hand — who do you think was terrified then ? |
| 16 | Quigley gave what I can only describe as an eldritch screech and came at me with both arms , legs and the front bit of his head . |
| 17 | She came at me like a madwoman . |
| 18 | Cherry said : ‘ He came at me like a man possessed . |
| 19 | If they both came at him at once , from opposite sides , how would he deal with them ? |
| 20 | Wherever he walked , spring came at him with a rush , overwhelming him with sensation . |
| 21 | He said she invited him to her flat , and then came at HIM with a knife . |
| 22 | An explosive snort came at him from the centre of the room behind him . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Heads low , they pressed on , galloping whenever there was a moment 's calm and heat , turning away from the ice-laden wind when the ferocious shards of the glacier came at them like insects . |
| 25 | It came at them like a bullet from a gun , faster , faster , the tortured motor on a rising scream . |
| 26 | She came at them like a canoeist , breasting white water . |
| 27 | Our clothes came at us from all over the room . |
| 28 | And then they came at us from both sides . ’ |
| 29 | I want to know where these guys are coming at me from . |
| 30 | I lit up and stood there trying to answer all the questions coming at me in French and English . |