Example sentences of "[vb past] at [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | My father read only cowboy books , dogeared and disposable , until my mother jeered at him for wasting his time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And they laughed at themselves for believing such an unlikely story . |
| 5 | He laughed at me for missing out on perfect Pipe the day before . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Bryan even came to my home and scoffed at me for suggesting that he and the Duchess were lovers . |