Example sentences of "and kick at [art] " in BNC.

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1 If he starts being really difficult and kicking at the partitions we sometimes have to put hobbles on him .
2 They could hear Oliver banging and kicking at the cellar door .
3 She chewed at the spiky end of a plait and kicked at a kitchen chair-leg .
4 She moved restlessly and kicked at the crisp leaves at her feet .
5 Both places had latches and as long as I got ten yards ' start on him , I could slam the door shut and slip my half clothes-peg under the latch — I always carried a half clothes-peg for the purpose — and no matter how much he blasphemed and kicked at the door he could n't get in .
6 ‘ Take her down ! ’ he ordered , and watched as she floundered and kicked at the man on each side of her .
7 Then I sat in the sand and kicked at the r of Oliver until they came and rescued me .
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