Example sentences of "at [pers pn] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was no fun , and the putrid bridie at the restaurant , thrown across the counter at me by a young waitress who clearly blamed me personally for the shortcomings in her life , was little consolation . |
| 2 | The England vice-captain afterwards jokingly wore a bandage around his head as England treated the latest missile thrown at them by an Indian crowd as an isolated incident . |
| 3 | The policemen on the cordon had lifted the barrier-pole to let the small convoy of police cars and vans past , ignoring with more than a little impatience the fusillade of questions thrown at them by the remaining newspeople . |
| 4 | Neil Davidson , counsel for the Deans , said they denied allegations levelled at them by the shareholders , many of which can not be reported because of restrictions imposed by Lord Cullen . |
| 5 | The celebrations passed off peacefully amid an unprecedented level of security , although the Queen 's speech was disrupted by Maori hecklers , and a wet T-shirt was thrown at her by a woman who was later charged with disorderly conduct . |
| 6 | Usually when a well-deserving photographer has a punch thrown at him by a celebrity , nobody bats an eyelid — unless the fist belongs to Sean Penn — indeed everybody used to expect Sinatra to take a swing . |
| 7 | THE SCOTTISH bar was cleared yesterday of racial discrimination , a claim levelled at it by a Nigerian student . |
| 8 | There were two allied problems : how to keep up with and respond to the welter of material being thrown at it by the CEGB and the various government departments ; and how to encourage more people to present their own views in opposition . |
| 9 | There are skylarks and foxes and an owl sits in the apple tree staring at us by the fire in winter . |