Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her bedroom , Honor gazed at herself in the cracked mirror , a sense of hopelessness bringing tears to her eyes . |
| 2 | Ma peered at him over the top of the evening paper , Her eyes were shifty with guilt . |
| 3 | Like one , all six typewriters stopped and six pairs of eyes gazed at him above the machines . |
| 4 | Bella peered at her through the dark . |
| 5 | Tiny green balls of light phosphorescing at us from the dark of the bracken . |
| 6 | When he threw open shutters to let in air and light , pictures sprang at her from the walls . |
| 7 | She followed , and Lucy waved at her in the mirror at every light . |
| 8 | Dawn Allenby was standing in her coat and headscarf staring at herself in the mirror . |
| 9 | Before she could utter the cry of alarm which rose in her throat his hand had closed over her mouth , and Paige 's startled eyes blinked at him over the top . |
| 10 | Lucy stared at herself in the mirror . |
| 11 | Grimma stared at her with the kind of expression reserved for people who turn out , against all expectation , to have interesting and secret histories . |
| 12 | He glanced in to find Nadine Cunningham smiling at him from the driver 's seat . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | She saw them standing at the window looking at someone in the garden with great interest . |
| 16 | Having established the ICAEW 's position in the listed market , we decided to extend our work to look at which of the bodies regulated the auditors of large unlisted organisations . |
| 17 | Maggie looked at him with the light of love as she kissed him good night . |
| 18 | The carvings swung , and up there an owl of wood stared at her among the leaves . |
| 19 | Maggie stared at herself in the mirror . |
| 20 | Eva smiled at me from the driver 's seat . |
| 21 | Queen Margaret and Catesby glowered at us from the head of the table . |
| 22 | Rincewind glared at him in the hellish purple glow . |
| 23 | Jane grimaced at herself in the mirror . |
| 24 | Ryker loomed at her through the flames and she hurled the water both at him and at the fire . |
| 25 | ’ Her husband gazed at her across the body . |
| 26 | When he straightened up he saw Laidlaw looking at him across the roof of the car , a faint smile on his lips . |
| 27 | The Prime Minister can not stand Enoch Powell 's steely and accusing eye looking at him across the table any more , and I 've had to move him down the side . ’ |
| 28 | The forest of the night always made him shiver — the association with nameless terrors peering at him through the jungle of a Rousseau painting on his childhood wall . |
| 29 | Willi glanced at him in the mirror and thought he still did n't look too good . |
| 30 | For a moment I sensed his eye staring at me through the hole in the door but as soon as I looked at it the lens flashed and the cover on the other side swung quickly to rest . |