Example sentences of "at us [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It turned out that he 'd inched along the parapet — a thin one about six inches wide — and had a good peek at us through the windows . |
| 2 | Outside the city we passed by a refugee camp where white-faced , unsmiling boys and girls gazed at us through the railings . |
| 3 | He grinned at us through the darkness . |
| 4 | He nods at us through the car window , then snaps shut the central-locking , making himself secure . |
| 5 | He 's a very contented baby , a joy to his parents and big sister , and today at nine weeks old ( 40+3 ) , he smiled at us for the first time . |
| 6 | Here we have someone shouting at us about the bad effects of the Prozac , they then tell us that have n't taken them . |
| 7 | For more than two decades now , first one , then another exercise programme has been thrust at us as the answer to all the ills of modern living from heart attacks to stress . |
| 8 | There are skylarks and foxes and an owl sits in the apple tree staring at us by the fire in winter . |
| 9 | ‘ We thought that they would throw everything at us from the start , ’ said Andy Probert , 38 , the Cambridge cox — and so it proved . |
| 10 | After all , that is the first thing about us that others see and a well-groomed , well-dressed image reflected back at us from the mirror goes a long way to bolstering our private and public confidence . |
| 11 | Everyone waved at us from the street and were ever ready to help with directions . |
| 12 | He peers out at us from the photograph on the front cover of his catalogue raisonné : all we see is his deadpan baby-face , hovering horizontal about a foot above the studio floor , the rest of his body is concealed nay , shrouded by one of his crinkly gesso ‘ achrome ’ paintings which is propped against the studio wall . |
| 13 | As we walked along the track from the car park on that sparkling May morning , swifts skimmed low over our heads after swarming gnats , dainty white lady 's smock swayed in the breeze , and a little owl stared solemnly and unblinkingly at us from the fork of an oak tree . |
| 14 | Tiny green balls of light phosphorescing at us from the dark of the bracken . |
| 15 | ‘ Look out , ’ she cried as tongues of flame blow-torched from the crevices around the bung and came licking back at us from the firebox . |
| 16 | Queen Margaret and Catesby glowered at us from the head of the table . |
| 17 | Jamie snarls at us from the pillow . |
| 18 | In the early days of the band , before John arrived , he 'd beaver away at us in the pub , making us think through our attitudes We ’ d be sitting there talking about music and he 'd dive in . |
| 19 | But the way Wycombe came back at us in the first game should serve as a warning that it will not be easy . ’ |