Example sentences of "[verb] at [pers pn] through the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Leaving aside for the moment the nature of teachers ' particular educational philosophy , I now wish to move from describing the predicament from the outside , so to speak , to looking at it through the eyes and feelings of teachers themselves .
2 ‘ Do n't look at me through the eyes … ’
3 as if in response to his cursing , the wild night struck back at him , flaring a double blow of brilliant whiteness that seemed to tear at him through the windows .
4 Staring at me through the branches of a twisted thorn was a tawny owl perched on a rock ledge .
5 He took his pipe out and lit it slowly , squinting at her through the puffs of blue smoke .
6 Outside the city we passed by a refugee camp where white-faced , unsmiling boys and girls gazed at us through the railings .
7 Ryker loomed at her through the flames and she hurled the water both at him and at the fire .
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