Example sentences of "[verb] at [pers pn] from [prep] 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 | We felt them looking at us from behind the lace and from the shadowy hallways , peering through their caterpillar curtains at these strangers with clean shoes and light , impractical clothes . |
| 5 | She was about to return to her own chamber to put her clothes away again when an urgent hiss came at her from down the gallery . |
| 6 | I opened the conservatory door to slip out to my bedroom the back way and noticed a pair of eyes peering at me from behind the rubber plant in the far corner , distorted by the old glass . |
| 7 | Her father grinned at her from over the rim of his spectacles . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A large blonde girl waved at me from across the room , spilling a large part of her drink down the back of another woman 's dress at the same time . |
| 10 | She stared at him from behind the barrier of her flowers , wordlessly holding out the paper-wrapped roses . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Golden eyes looked at him from among the leaves of the yellow maple tree where Peach sat cleverly camouflaged . |
| 13 | Suddenly an evil face , more like an animal than a man , looked at us from behind the rock . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | Sometimes I bat at him from under the sheet , a cross between a pat and a push . |
| 16 | Six or seven of us were spread out on the grass toasting ourselves when we gradually became aware of a small knot of people gazing at us from across the field through a gap in the hedge , a knot which grew steadily larger all the time . |
| 17 | ‘ Room service , ’ said the waiter , glancing down at the tip of the silencer he could see pointed at him from through the white cloth covering the lower part of the trolley . |
| 18 | The wino leaned and leered at her from behind the cover of the chip man 's mighty stomach . |
| 19 | The dark suited security guard glowered at him from within the bright interior of the shop . |