Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] at me " in BNC.
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| 31 | Peter , finally noticing my immobility , ceased his busy efficient caresses and looked at me . |
| 32 | The lads were nudging each other and pointing at me . |
| 33 | ‘ I felt people were nudging each other and pointing at me and saying , ‘ Him , the juvenile lead ? ’ |
| 34 | He was somewhat mollified to find that Armstrong was a cab and he could ride in the back and scowl at me , but he knew I thought it was a lousy idea going down to Brixton to track down Lewis Luther . |
| 35 | She hoots and is about to say something , but she holds off in front of Darius and squints at me to see what I mean . |
| 36 | He wanted the place immaculate but he 'd never tidy up , he just sat there in his chair from morning till night and got at me all the time about the housework . |
| 37 | But not before he kissed the top of my helmet and shouted at me : " Oh , my mum 's going to hear about this . " |
| 38 | ‘ Now , sir , ’ she says , walking round the chair and looking at me like she 's a real barber . |
| 39 | He sat in the visitors ' chair and looked at me broodingly . |
| 40 | The Feldwebel came back , and the man who had been filling in the new form turned round in his chair and looked at me . |
| 41 | In fact , she leapt onto the back of the chair and swore at me . |
| 42 | She lit a cigarette and looked at me . |
| 43 | Melanie closed the door and looked at me . |
| 44 | He smiled at Lucille and looked at me knowingly . |
| 45 | Mr Stokill removed my rope and gazed at me with commiseration . |
| 46 | ‘ Well , ’ he spread his hands and looked at me with his well-known youthful enquiry , ‘ what can I do for you ? ’ |
| 47 | He rested his head between his hands and stared at me . |
| 48 | The old man saw my notebook and smiled at me . |
| 49 | ‘ It does n't matter , ’ he said , cupping the receiver and looking at me . |
| 50 | I was once a Member of Parliament and one day in the chamber at Westminster , a Puritan , a lozenge of sanctified humility , got up from his arse and roared at me because I called him a blackened turd . |
| 51 | He squeezed my hand and looked at me . |
| 52 | She dropped my hand and looked at me . |
| 53 | He took off the headset and stared at me with rage . |
| 54 | My gun jammed and William recognised me and came forward laughing and firing shot after shot at me while I waved and tried to duck and these yellow paint balls went splat , splat , thunking into my hired camouflage trousers and combat jacket and smacking into my visored helmet while I waved at him and tried to get the damn gun to work and he just walked forward slowly shooting me ; bastard had his own paint gun and he 'd probably had it souped up ; knowing William , that was almost inevitable . |
| 55 | So I really wanted to nail the bastard — preferably with the cooperation of my team-mates just to prove the point — but the fucking technology let me down and the gun jammed and he had me pinned , firing shot after shot at me , and finally I gave up trying to un-jam the gun and made to throw it at him though I could hardly see because there was yellow paint all over my visor , but he ducked and tripped and sat down on a trunk , holding his stomach , and the bastard was laughing his socks off because I looked like a giant dripping banana , only I 'd just realised the gun was n't jammed after all , the safety catch was on . |
| 56 | He chewed his lip and looked at me . |
| 57 | ‘ I 'll leave you with young Hot-to-Trotsky here , then , ’ Clare says , patting Yvonne on the shoulder and winking at me as she sidles off through the cheering crowd . |
| 58 | He stared at me for a moment , then very carefully , he picked me up with finger and thumb and looked at me . |
| 59 | ‘ Tell me about it , ’ he said , dropping the doll and looking at me . |
| 60 | I could n't believe it and , at the pictures , persisted in dragging them surreptitiously on and off whenever he took his eyes off the screen and looked at me . |