Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] at [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ma peered at him over the top of the evening paper , Her eyes were shifty with guilt . |
| 2 | Like one , all six typewriters stopped and six pairs of eyes gazed at him above the machines . |
| 3 | Bella peered at her through the dark . |
| 4 | When he threw open shutters to let in air and light , pictures sprang at her from the walls . |
| 5 | She followed , and Lucy waved at her in the mirror at every light . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Grimma stared at her with the kind of expression reserved for people who turn out , against all expectation , to have interesting and secret histories . |
| 8 | Maggie looked at him with the light of love as she kissed him good night . |
| 9 | The carvings swung , and up there an owl of wood stared at her among the leaves . |
| 10 | Eva smiled at me from the driver 's seat . |
| 11 | Queen Margaret and Catesby glowered at us from the head of the table . |
| 12 | Rincewind glared at him in the hellish purple glow . |
| 13 | Ryker loomed at her through the flames and she hurled the water both at him and at the fire . |
| 14 | ’ Her husband gazed at her across the body . |
| 15 | Willi glanced at him in the mirror and thought he still did n't look too good . |
| 16 | Elinor looked at him over the rim of her magazine . |
| 17 | But now , a week after Easter , his failure stared at him from the empty pews . |
| 18 | The rising tower of debris blossomed and drifted , starting to fall as the shockwave pulsed at me from the dune . |
| 19 | Vitor looked at her across the table . |
| 20 | Infected by his laughter the wife of the younger mandarin smiled , and Joseph looked at her for the first time . |
| 21 | " 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 . |
| 22 | Kypov shouted at him across the few metres that separated them , and the breath spouted white from the Major 's mouth . |
| 23 | His father shouted at him over the noise of the engine , ‘ I want you to see , Alexei . |
| 24 | At last she felt clear and a kind woman smiled at her among the machines and said , ‘ Nearly ready now . ’ |
| 25 | A dark and lovely young woman smiled at her from the doorstep . |
| 26 | Coleby stared at him across the table . |
| 27 | Outside the city we passed by a refugee camp where white-faced , unsmiling boys and girls gazed at us through the railings . |
| 28 | Iris grinned at her over the rim of her glass of mineral water . |
| 29 | Lydia blinked at her through the misty light of the headlamps . |
| 30 | Izzie glared at him with the same dark , foreign eyes as her father 's . |