Example sentences of "at him for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even to him it was now barely imaginable , and other eagles he mentioned it to seemed to take it as a lie and untruth , and were angry at him for trying to delude them . |
| 2 | My father read only cowboy books , dogeared and disposable , until my mother jeered at him for wasting his time . |
| 3 | The water sprays off him that his mother 's screaming at him for soaking us all . |
| 4 | I was angry at the system , and at him for getting into trouble . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She could n't ask him to stay then yell at him for caring for her . |
| 8 | 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 . |