Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [pers pn] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tiny green balls of light phosphorescing at us from the dark of the bracken . |
| 2 | When he threw open shutters to let in air and light , pictures sprang at her from the walls . |
| 3 | All the time with other people she was acting , confident and charming ; backstage alone , the pain in her eyes glared at her from a bright-lit make-up mirror , weeping at the tawdriness of it all , scorning costume and plot and witty script . |
| 4 | He glanced in to find Nadine Cunningham smiling at him from the driver 's seat . |
| 5 | As I did so I became aware of a youngish man with long hair looking at me from the pavemented walk on the Hammersmith side of the river . |
| 6 | He looked extremely unhealthy ; the anxious eyes of a child peered at her from a white mask . |
| 7 | I could see I could see Li er Charlie and Pete looking at me from the other side of the room , Charlie smiled and I just did I just went like that , you know ? |
| 8 | Eva smiled at me from the driver 's seat . |
| 9 | Queen Margaret and Catesby glowered at us from the head of the table . |
| 10 | Rosalba imagined Tommaso as a bird : and saw his pale green eye staring at her from a flurry of golden feathers as his vivid wings beat . |
| 11 | But now , a week after Easter , his failure stared at him from the empty pews . |
| 12 | The speed skaters go about half that speed , but danger slides at you from every corner . |
| 13 | The rising tower of debris blossomed and drifted , starting to fall as the shockwave pulsed at me from the dune . |
| 14 | " Clearly , your son is guilty of trespass , and we should be within our rights to hand him over to the Justices , " Sir Gregory said , standing very straight-backed by the table , while Harry glowered at him from the hearth . |
| 15 | I love daytime television so when I saw Richard and Judy staring at me from the other channel I was quite pleased . |
| 16 | A dark and lovely young woman smiled at her from the doorstep . |
| 17 | Round the corner another old woman in her seventies awaited the departure of the year , huddled in bed for warmth , clad in layer upon layer of old nylon nightdress , woolly cardigan , matted flannel dressing-gown , gazing at an unsatisfactory black and white television flickering at her from a chair by the bed . |
| 18 | A pink carnation smirked at her from a transparent vase on the table . |
| 19 | A voice boomed at her from a small door at the side of the stage . |
| 20 | And of course , it took her no time to work out that precisely the opposite would apply to the beams coming at her from the front of the craft . |
| 21 | His name was called , and he turned his head and saw Lavinia waving at him from the porch . |
| 22 | She cracked eggs into a frying pan and stood over them while they cooked , wincing as hot fat spat at her from the pan . |
| 23 | An explosive snort came at him from the centre of the room behind him . |
| 24 | Like steam coming at you from a cooking pot over a camp fire . |
| 25 | He caught a glimpse of two red faces staring at him from the depths of the kitchen behind the head of this strange boy turned girl who was forever crossing his path . |
| 26 | He had seen a row of black faces staring at him from the platform of one of the Red Sand Towers in the Nore approaches . |
| 27 | Maggie looked blankly at the face grinning at her from the queue , and as she pushed a cup of tea across the counter she said , ‘ You were saying ? ’ |
| 28 | Jonathan 's face grinned at her from the telescreens . |
| 29 | In the bathroom , her woebegone face stared at her from the mirror . |