Example sentences of "at [pron] [prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had such a go at me for showing it my mum . |
| 2 | ‘ He 'd sneer at you , him and his daughter , and at me for letting you go out so , and that I 'll not have ! |
| 3 | Years spent ‘ buying groceries on my credit-card advance ’ instilled a determination to write a blockbuster rather than attempt anything as daunting as literature , and to stop at nothing in selling it . |
| 4 | Julia let them haul her up and stuff extra pillows behind her head , but the pain sharpened and she was hard put to it not to swear at them for hurting her . |
| 5 | Rage at her , at himself for wanting her , at a war that had turned her into his enemy . |
| 6 | Preston was astonished at himself for letting it happen , but when he 'd first suggested wearing a condom Emily had said , ‘ You do n't have to , ’ and told him the story about her abortion , and he 'd felt too sorry for her , and too embarrassed , to insist on doing so for health reasons . |
| 7 | However , ‘ nothing ventured — nothing gained ’ , and you only improve at something by doing it . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , believe me , I do n't , ’ Shiona assured him quickly , irritated at herself for handing him that one on a plate . |
| 9 | Rage at a fate which prevented her from screaming and railing at him for so misjudging her , rage at him for playing this cat-and-mouse game with her , rage at herself for letting him get away with it . |
| 10 | The water sprays off him that his mother 's screaming at him for soaking us all . |
| 11 | It is n't giving away much of the story to say that Miranda at first sees her mother 's behaviour — alternately doing everything she can to please her husband and then screaming rage at him for letting her down — as a clear example of women 's oppression . |
| 12 | Can you see it by looking at it without touching it ? |
| 13 | His Metropole is a Cathedral of such awe- inspiring magnificence that no one can look at it without feeling he is in the presence of a concept beyond human scale . |
| 14 | Finch handed the photograph to Miller , who did no more than glance at it before passing it on to Golding and muttering : ‘ Could be anywhere . ’ |
| 15 | If you find it difficult , simply open your eyes and take another look at it before closing them again and repeating the process . |
| 16 | " Your anthropologists laugh at us for saying we came from the stars . |