Example sentences of "at him [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 It is quite wrong to look at him as a marginal or failed artist , a tragic case , like his country of Bengal , even though he himself sometimes seemed to see things this way .
2 Begin with thanking me for him ; look at him as a person as important to me as you are . ’
3 What he did n't like was the way some of them looked at him as a potential John .
4 They 'd look at him as a pillar of respect , of authority , you see ?
5 Kragan knelt down in front of Adam and looked at him as a butcher would appraise a cut of meat .
6 She was not now looking at him as a child looked .
7 Hitler had talked of an offer ‘ in the name of reason ’ , and Halifax threw it back at him as a ‘ summons to capitulate to his will ’ .
8 The anger and resentment expressed at every level , from street vendor to middle-class intellectual , was almost entirely directed at Washington , not at him as an individual American .
9 As Jack goes on hunting , the little ones look at him as an expert .
10 She drew in deeply and exhaled through her nose , then snapped the cigarette briskly from her mouth and pointed it at him with a flourish .
11 Sister Cooney looked at him with a polite , questioning smile and waited for him to continue or change the subject , as he thought fit .
12 Wherever he walked , spring came at him with a rush , overwhelming him with sensation .
13 The man looked at him with a kindly face .
14 She stared at him with a stiff , expressionless face .
15 She seemed to be staring back at him with a smile that was almost a grimace of pain yet somehow full of mockery .
16 But Sir Daniel was looking at him with a satisfied expression on his face .
17 Gerrard had been looking at him with a gradually spreading grin on his face , and now he thumped George on the back with great bonhomie and beamed with immense satisfaction .
18 A big , broad-shouldered man pushed between us to shout to someone on the street , gesturing at him with a huge banana .
19 She looked up at him with a sideways , almost shy glance .
20 During their ‘ strange relationship ’ , Bryan had shot his friend in the chest with a crossbow , hit him on the head with a medieval mace and slashed at him with a sword , the judge heard .
21 Finally , she came to stop beside him and looked up at him with a serious , troubled air .
22 It was a large black dog with large orb-like eyes gazing up at him with a malevolent gaze .
23 The bear sprang at him with a growl .
24 She pushed a dark lock of hair back off her forehead , and looked up at him with a certain defiance .
25 Ilbrec was silent at that , and Ruth looked at him with a quick tightening of anxiety .
26 Louise looked at him with a mock stern expression .
27 His father looked at him with a disappointed expression , shaking his head slowly from side to side .
28 She looked at him with a challenging stare .
29 ‘ The Clay , ’ the boy answered him , staring back at him with a strange intensity .
30 She looked at him with a derisive little smile — the sort of smile a lamb might bestow on a wolf promising that being eaten alive wo n't hurt .
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