Example sentences of "[verb] at her [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Her mind flew back to the moment last evening when Benedict had come at her out of the shadows of the hall as she had come downstairs with Lady Merchiston 's empty supper tray .
2 Belinda says : ‘ I remember looking at her clearly for the first time , searching for that visual connection with my family or her father 's , some genetic connection to identify myself with her , but seeing instead that otherness — the look of a stranger .
3 Celia was aware of Dr Shalcross looking at her intently across the desk .
4 He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye , wondering if he dare ask for water to help wash the cake down .
5 It was as if Lady Lavinia herself had come back to life , and sat staring at her out of the malevolence in her soul .
6 He absently slid his programme nearer to her so that it touched him now , glancing at her out of the corner of his eye .
7 He looked at her straight in the eyes .
8 The lift arrived as she said the name , and the two people inside looked at her curiously through the metal lattice .
9 He lifted his close-shaven muzzle and looked at her hard over the monitor of his reader .
10 Susan 's husband had stared at her bleakly from the bed , already certain of her betrayal .
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