Example sentences of "at it with [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many older horses will just stand and try and drive the bot away by striking at it with their feet . |
| 2 | ‘ Chewing gum , ’ she informed Bridget , picking at it with her fingernails as she did so . |
| 3 | The first wife to reach the tee exclaimed , ‘ Ugh — what 's this disgusting object ! ’ and promptly took a swipe at it with her club . |
| 4 | She banged the door , pushing at it with her foot because her hands were occupied . |
| 5 | I looked at it with my mind 's eye and I thought , ‘ ’ What can this be ? ’ |
| 6 | I 'm left staring at it with my adrenalin draining into the floorboards , and though I wish she 'd let me take them I find I 'm getting bored . |
| 7 | Shall I strike at it with my partisan ? |
| 8 | Cursing , he thrust at it with his elbow and the glass shattered in fragments around him . |
| 9 | He slapped at it with his other hand , but it was beneath his thumbnail before he could get to it . |
| 10 | He stabbed at it with his talons and beak . |
| 11 | Then he searched out the little hard protruding button that was the energy of her sex , he stabbed at it with his tongue , felt her respond quickly , then urgently . |
| 12 | A figure popped out of a doorway to Alexei 's left , and he cut at it with his sword and ran on . |
| 13 | Connon poked at it with his forefinger . |
| 14 | His collarbone ached , and he dug at it with his good arm , massaging the stiffness with his fingers . |
| 15 | Fen stopped short and pulled out a folded map from his pocket and spread it out before her , stabbing at it with his finger . |
| 16 | Matthew kicked at it with his foot . |
| 17 | It is no good insisting that , so long as you look at it with your eyes closed , a pig 's ear is a silk purse after all . |