Example sentences of "[verb] at [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't ask him to stay then yell at him for caring for her . |
| 2 | From ‘ African History for Beginners ’ we learn that Cain was the first white man ; he turned pale , and his features shrivelled up , when God shouted at him for killing Abel . |
| 3 | People had actually laughed at her for asking for a chemistry set instead of a Barbie doll or a set of Nancy Drew books . |
| 4 | I was disappointed at this and was afraid she was still vexed at me for bringing Frankie . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | My father read only cowboy books , dogeared and disposable , until my mother jeered at him for wasting his time . |
| 7 | Then she could dress herself — though Ember was right : the others laughed at her for wearing clothes in the burrow , even the other two or three towers , and their mockery made her retreat in teenage confusion when she walked shyly into the crowded common-room . |
| 8 | And they laughed at themselves for believing such an unlikely story . |
| 9 | He laughed at me for missing out on perfect Pipe the day before . |
| 10 | This young London , happy tonight to be among its own kind , sometimes dangled a polythene bottle of cider by the neck , laughed at itself for acting crazy on the dancefloor , and now and again tried to look thick , or stoned . |
| 11 | anger at ourselves for taking the job |
| 12 | The Fed is still sore from the criticism thrown at it for pushing America into recession ; if it tightens policy before official figures show inflation to be rising , it will come under fierce political attack . |
| 13 | I had to laugh at myself for thinking rather longingly now that I should miss it this year , and especially I would miss Addy , whom I loved . |
| 14 | Bryan even came to my home and scoffed at me for suggesting that he and the Duchess were lovers . |
| 15 | " Your anthropologists laugh at us for saying we came from the stars . |
| 16 | And now when it comes in a miracle , you wonder at me for looking twice , thrice , four times , to see if it comes through ivory or horn . |
| 17 | ‘ Everybody in Avonlea will laugh at me for putting medicine in a cake ! ’ |
| 18 | But not half as many as will laugh at you for writing such a loathsome , snivelling letter to the NME . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , believe me , I do n't , ’ Shiona assured him quickly , irritated at herself for handing him that one on a plate . |
| 20 | The water sprays off him that his mother 's screaming at him for soaking us all . |
| 21 | ‘ As far as I was concerned he was just a big fella who used to come out of the shop and bellow at us for playing against the wall . |