Example sentences of "at [pron] for [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was disappointed at this and was afraid she was still vexed at me for bringing Frankie . |
| 2 | ‘ Everybody in Avonlea will laugh at me for putting medicine in a cake ! ’ |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |