Example sentences of "[verb] at [pers pn] from under the " in BNC.

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1 The young woman peered at him from under the brim of her ancient straw hat .
2 He peered at her from under the cloth cap which he was using to shade his face , and she lay on her side to face him .
3 Hoomey was looking at her from under the seat in front .
4 In such matters it is the most obvious things which are the most important and which stare at you from under the nose without being perceived .
5 McAllister looked at him from under the long dark eyelashes which had won his heart from the very first moment when he had seen them , on his sofa , adorning the unconscious girl he had carried in from the street .
6 He 'ate the English , but when he gets to know Perdita , ’ Alejandro smiled at her from under the peak of his cap , ‘ he will forgeeve . ’
7 Sometimes I bat at him from under the sheet , a cross between a pat and a push .
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