Example sentences of "at i [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ That last morning Eric Atkinson had bowled at me during practice .
2 It will make a lovely picture he yells at me above the crashing noise .
3 His friend , a tall , bearded man in a black vest with a pair of garden shears in his hand , stared at me without smiling .
4 There is a nurse called Nurse Elliott who is always sneering at me without meeting my eye .
5 She looked at me across the dining table , frowned and said , ‘ I do n't see the point . ’
6 When at last the child was comforted , Māilo looked up at me across the fire .
7 He looked at me across the room .
8 He turned to look at me across the studio .
9 Balvinder shook his head at me across the ring : ‘ This one very weakling bird , ’ he shouted .
10 I can see Jack looking at me across acres of bar , waiting for a reply .
11 My friend was about 50 feet above me and almost out of sight in the fog , when I heard him yell at me to ‘ come and see this ’ .
12 My master manoeuvred himself round , using his hand to scoop out the icy water , shouting at me to pole faster .
13 Offering the blond English boy — the one I was throwing water at now — half my lunch , and sitting there full of gratitude because he smiled , because he liked the taste of the piece of chicken dipped in cumin and saffron and he had smiled at me for the first time .
14 Mick looked at me for a couple of moments and , scratching his head , he replied If the Marines want you to play your bagpipes in their area , and you agree to do it , then you are all bloody mad .
15 The Brigadier glared at me for a few seconds and replied rather quietly .
16 She looks at me for a bit , then she goes over to the drawer and takes out another envelope .
17 And now when it comes in a miracle , you wonder at me for looking twice , thrice , four times , to see if it comes through ivory or horn .
18 Kodiak the Alsatian barked at me for a few minutes , and gave up in resignation .
19 ‘ He 'd sneer at you , him and his daughter , and at me for letting you go out so , and that I 'll not have !
20 He went on gazing at me for a moment , then asked : ‘ Everything in hand downstairs ? ’
21 He laughed at me for missing out on perfect Pipe the day before .
22 It stared at me for a few seconds , then the lens flashed again , a key was put into the lock , bolts were drawn and the door was opened .
23 She looked at me for several seconds without speaking , and then said , ‘ Well , Molly , we all think you treat life as a joke ! ’
24 My father stopped , looked at me for a bit and then said that in the circumstances I could go out that night — providing I milked the cows first .
25 He looked at me for a while , thinking .
26 And Wright , whose misery over the weekend was compounded when he wasted a glorious chance to rescue a point for Arsenal , added : ‘ Some people are just having a go at me for the sake of it and it 's beginning to get to me . ’
27 That name clearly struck a chord in McIllvanney , for he frowned at me for a few seconds , but the chord must have faded for he shrugged it off .
28 I was disappointed at this and was afraid she was still vexed at me for bringing Frankie .
29 Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner .
30 Later , two men took me into a corner and fired questions at me for what seemed like ages , but can only have been about half an hour .
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