Example sentences of "[v-ing] at him [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm James and Alex and Danny laughing at him and thinking he 's funny because they all fancy him |
| 2 | The man began laughing at him and said ‘ You need to get here when the doors open — there are lots like you , looking for a roof over their heads . |
| 3 | He had told Fahfakhs that the young man wanted to marry Claudia , and perhaps he thought that the district officer was laughing at him and treating him with contempt . |
| 4 | Because suddenly he has me ( it 's mad , he kidnapped me ) laughing at him and pouring out his tea , as if I 'm his best girl-friend . |
| 5 | Try to avoid shouting at him or upsetting him emotionally . |
| 6 | Maria paused , looking at him and loving him so much it hurt . |
| 7 | Obstinately , she remained standing , looking at him and trying to shut down the traitorously receptive part of her that was assimilating the way his formal evening attire enhanced his devastating masculinity . |
| 8 | Tony and Stephen had stood back to let their sisters greet Terry , but they were looking at him and waiting eagerly to greet him , oblivious of Frank . |
| 9 | he wants , he wants somebody looking at him and saying well |
| 10 | She fought him , desperately , clawing and pummelling at him and shrieking out every obscenity she knew . |
| 11 | She was gaping at him while telling herself that her mother would have told him the reason why she was here . |
| 12 | Left staring at him while waiting for her full wits to return , Leith did not know for the moment what on earth was going on . |
| 13 | A different , vaster , sickly eye was staring at him and daring him : the glowing nebulosity where space and unspace wove together . |
| 14 | He nodded at Stephen and Stephen stood still , waiting for him to turn and go , staring at him and frowning . |
| 15 | The lower one , male , came first and circled round and round Creggan , staring at him and asking ‘ Your name ? |
| 16 | He suddenly realized that the impact of this too-vivid memory had slowed him down and finally arrested him in the middle of the wet pavement Two girls in a shop-doorway were staring at him and giggling . |
| 17 | Thinking back now , Creggan could still hear the calls of anger and alarm of his parents , as he hissed at the man coming at him and tried to strike at his hands with his beak and talons . |
| 18 | At the same time he was aware that he was growing hard to understand and that he must have fallen into spitting , because the corset buyer opposite was glaring at him and wiping her face with a lace handkerchief . |
| 19 | Needlessly Herr Nordern cleared his throat again , frowning at Paul who was goggling at him while stuffing himself with cheese and cold ham . |
| 20 | Then he became aware of the eyes behind the steel-rimmed lenses gazing at him and felt uncomfortable . |
| 21 | Then they made fun of him in mock homage , spitting at him and hitting him . |
| 22 | Auriega advanced the length of the corridor , stopping in front of each man , screaming at him and hitting him . |
| 23 | The next song was a lively one , and very soon some of the local girls , who were dressed in traditional flounced skirts , began to dance , clicking their fingers and tapping their heels , gyrating around Miguelito , smiling at him and swaying their hips with a natural and easy sexuality . |