Example sentences of "at [pers pn] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first question he shot at me after the midday adjournment was , ‘ Mr Kennedy , have you been discussing the case with your counsel during the luncheon break ? ’ |
| 2 | Run ! at me but the message is n't getting through , there 's something else in the way , something else pulling me back , back to Andy and back to that frozen river bank ; I hear Andy crying out and I can still see him reaching towards me and he 's about to slip away from me again and I ca n't do anything … but I can , this time I can ; I can do something and I will . |
| 3 | She smiled at me as the lift doors opened , then mouthed a silent farewell and fluttered her fingers at me till the lift doors closed . |
| 4 | It was terrible , I just sat in the house all day and when my husband was n't working he 'd just scream at me and the kids would be screaming and he 'd be hitting them . " |
| 5 | We climbed the rickety wooden stairs that led up to a balcony ; as we did so , one of the eunuchs blew a kiss at me and the others burst out laughing . |
| 6 | I can see your poor little furious red face now , glaring at me and the tears kept running down your cheeks into your ears and I remember wondering if one 's brain could become waterlogged . |
| 7 | The door judders open , and Summerchild looks doubtfully in at me and the old grocery boxes . |
| 8 | All the ward visitors were staring at me and the other nurses looked over in disbelief . |
| 9 | Everybody has read about out of body experiences and I do n't know if that is what it was , but I was not frightened by the person who was looking at me and the image that I had and that I still have in my mind is that it looked like me |
| 10 | Everybody has read about out of body experiences and I do n't know if that is what it was , but I was not frightened by the person who was looking at me and the image that I had and that I still have in my mind is that it looked like me . |
| 11 | No one even looked at me or the trolley . |
| 12 | Whether she was looking at me or the moon — who knows ? |
| 13 | look at me or the guys with the sewing machines I mean |
| 14 | Cold winds knifed at them but the baby was snug in its portable bed , the blue and pink rabbits bobbling between its face and the real world . |
| 15 | It vanished for a while , but then shone brightly at them as the car reached the top of the small hill and again they shielded their eyes to look at it like actors on a stage . |
| 16 | Anya springs up at them as the door swings wide . |
| 17 | They looked at them and looked at them and the more they did the less they understood . |
| 18 | The Washington police fired tear gas at them and the gas was blown at once across the White House garden . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's going to be hard because Spartak have got a lot of international players and lots of pace , but if we can get at them and the crowd get behind us we can hopefully get the right result . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It 's going to be hard because Spartak have got a lot of international players and lots of pace , but if we can get at them and the crowd get behind us we can hopefully get the right result . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It 's going to be hard because Spartak have got a lot of international players and lots of pace , but if we can get at them and the crowd get behind us we can hopefully get the right result . ’ |
| 22 | Duncan , not the greatest fan of junk food , had picked at his while the policeman enthusiastically devoured his . |
| 23 | He can neglect it , but he does so at his and the country 's peril . |
| 24 | For the teacher it 's quite easy just to snap back at you and the teacher 's always on his guard , and so I suppose his lessons are more accurate that way . ’ |
| 25 | An energetic girl , she spent the day swimming , jogging , cycling and hiking before retiring to their tent , blissfully ignorant that the thrust of Floss 's nightly attentions was directed not at her but the succuba who also haunted my dreams . |
| 26 | Kellerman grinned at her but the gesture faded instantly as Donna spat in his face , the mucus sliding down his cheek thickly like gelatinous tears . |
| 27 | She felt hurt and angry and insignificant — did he really see nothing when he looked at her but the acquisition of Swift ? |
| 28 | He stared at her while the seconds flew past , and then he shook his head . |
| 29 | When Aggie climbed into bed , such was her weight that the child rolled towards her , and her head seemed to fall naturally between her breasts , and when the small face peered up at her and the small whisper said , ‘ You 're very big , ’ Aggie said , ‘ Aye , I 'm very big . |
| 30 | Then he looked down at her and the similarity was gone . |