Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at [pers pn] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , when Florrie arrived at the corner-shop and rapped on the closed front door , Aunt Emily lifted the roller-blind and peered shortsightedly at her through the glass . |
| 2 | She 'd bent down to pick up the purchases at her feet , and as she rose again she 'd caught sight of a face she knew , looking straight at her through the moving mesh of people . |
| 3 | He came forward at me through the smoke and he was n't smiling . |
| 4 | It was only a couple coming in from the terrace , and she was about to look away again when she caught sight of a tall , stooping man standing outside and peering lugubriously at her through the glass . |
| 5 | He looked across at her through the frost and rose of dawn . |
| 6 | Mr Corcoran had stared stonily at him through the pince-nez fastened on to his thin beak of a nose . |