'V n at n' - Construction 1

Name: The shoot a glance at construction
Description: A person communicates with someone nonverbally, with a look or an expression.
Verbs: dart, direct, flash, shoot, sneak, throw
Example: Juliet shot a glance at David. (BNC)
Membership: direction 'at'; communication
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Communication. Roles: NP1: Behaver; NP2: Scope; NP3: Receiver
Field: Cognition. Roles: NP1: Perceiver; NP2: Phenomenon-Thought; NP3: Phenomenon-Topic
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