Example sentences of "at [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a nurse called Nurse Elliott who is always sneering at me without meeting my eye . |
| 2 | His friend , a tall , bearded man in a black vest with a pair of garden shears in his hand , stared at me without smiling . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I was disappointed at this and was afraid she was still vexed at me for bringing Frankie . |
| 5 | Bryan even came to my home and scoffed at me for suggesting that he and the Duchess were lovers . |
| 6 | He laughed at me for missing out on perfect Pipe the day before . |
| 7 | She had a go at me for pulling out a You know you Just er the other week we walked from where was it ? |
| 8 | He had such a go at me for showing it my mum . |
| 9 | Probably have a go at me for smashing their microphone up . |
| 10 | ‘ He 'd sneer at you , him and his daughter , and at me for letting you go out so , and that I 'll not have ! |
| 11 | ‘ Everybody in Avonlea will laugh at me for putting medicine in a cake ! ’ |
| 12 | I thought you were still mad at me for carrying on my work and then I thought you were just waiting for Maria Luisa to come back before … oh , before making your decision … ’ |
| 13 | He looked at me with twinkling pity for my lack of understanding of the really serious things in life . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's a chap — he 's been coming round for years going on and on at me about buying the table . |
| 15 | You used to go on at me about getting out . |
| 16 | McDunn glances back at me before stopping at the phone and nodding down at it . |
| 17 | He stared at me before writing again . |
| 18 | And once again she smiled faintly , but without collusion , at me before looking down . |
| 19 | Rico looked at me before replying . |
| 20 | Eva looks at me before replying . |
| 21 | Old Red looked up from the floor , and glanced at me before answering . |
| 22 | ‘ My mom is gon na be real mad at me fer leavin' . ’ |
| 23 | Years spent ‘ buying groceries on my credit-card advance ’ instilled a determination to write a blockbuster rather than attempt anything as daunting as literature , and to stop at nothing in selling it . |
| 24 | He stared at them without speaking , conveying his meaning by the blank coldness of his gaze . |
| 25 | He was ashamed of the way his father sat in his armchair staring at them without joining in the conversation , or even rudely reading as they talked . |
| 26 | Baldersdale was far too remote for any of the gentry to be interested in building a country residence there All the more accessible dales had their halls , manors and castles , but the high moors sweeping up to 1,500 feet above the valley of Baldersdale was the habitat of a creature which every aristocrat , and many wealthy merchants and other nouveau riche with aristocratic pretensions pursued , then and now , with fanatical zeal — Lagopus scoticus , feathered-footed member of the Tetraonidae family , otherwise known as the red grouse For the locals it meant an extra cash crop during the days following the Glorious Twelfth — the shillings and sovereigns tossed , somewhat disdainfully , at them for providing a back-up service , such as beating the heather to alarm the birds into the air and towards the buckshot , or placing their horses and wagons at the disposal of their lordships so that ammunition , lunch and the essential bottles of whisky could be transported to the guns and the day 's bag of slain birds brought safely to the all-important count . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I could , I could really throw the dirt at them by saying that I 'll , you know , if there is a conspiracy there 's , a person here who 's been involved in a very iffy part of the budget , who all of a sudden after ten years of slagging off the town clerk , all of a sudden he 's totally on the town clerk 's side , together with Councillor . |
| 29 | anger at ourselves for taking the job |
| 30 | He was surprised at himself for looking forward to her arrival and the hard , punishing exercises ; for feeling anxious , if her coming was delayed ; for hoping she would linger a minute afterwards and talk about the weather or some unusual flurry on the corridor . |