Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at her [prep] [art] " 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 | All the time those steady , golden eyes had fascinated her — and now they were looking steadily at her along the barrel of a gun . |
| 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 | An ugly black dog barked harshly at her from the basement patio of the house next door . |
| 6 | Madame Gebrec gazed earnestly at her across the table . |
| 7 | Nathan gazed fixedly at her for a moment with an expression she could n't fathom , then disappeared again . |
| 8 | He looked mischievously at her over the top of his paper . |
| 9 | He looked sidelong at her with a quick smile , and she frowned and nodded his attention quickly towards the stranger . |
| 10 | Rachel stared wildly at her as an image of the gynae registrar at St Clare 's came into her mind — an image of a stocky , balding man approaching middle age ; then , as another thought struck her , she said , ‘ But … but … he was … ’ |
| 11 | Holding her breath , she waited while Luke Calder walked round and climbed behind the wheel , starting the engine before glancing sideways at her with a mocking little smile . |
| 12 | Loc stared hard at her for a moment then glanced out across the clearing again , remembering suddenly the expression he 'd seen a few minutes before on the Frenchman 's face . |
| 13 | He looked across at her through the frost and rose of dawn . |
| 14 | Mollified , it seemed , Janet sat back primly and slimly in her seat , as John Ashenden , seated immediately opposite ( beside Dr Moule ) , looked across at her with a troublous , darkling gaze . |
| 15 | He looked hard at her for a moment , and she tensed . |