Example sentences of "[vb past] at [pers pn] [prep] [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 | 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 . |
4 | Her father grinned at her from over the rim of his spectacles . |
5 | She stared at him from behind the barrier of her flowers , wordlessly holding out the paper-wrapped roses . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Golden eyes looked at him from among the leaves of the yellow maple tree where Peach sat cleverly camouflaged . |
8 | Suddenly an evil face , more like an animal than a man , looked at us from behind the rock . |
9 | 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 . ’ |
10 | The wino leaned and leered at her from behind the cover of the chip man 's mighty stomach . |
11 | The dark suited security guard glowered at him from within the bright interior of the shop . |