Example sentences of "shoulder at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Warily Fran glanced over her shoulder at the two men .
2 Gaily looked back over his shoulder at the rosy-bricked manor house , for he was too near to remembering the time he had wished his mother dead .
3 Richie glanced over his shoulder at the young PC pacing behind them .
4 I peered over his shoulder at the spidery script .
5 Settling back in the office chair at Northwood Stadium in the Potteries town of Hanley , where he works as a recreation assistant , Brannen shrugs his powerful shoulder at the first reverential mention of the decathlon doyen .
6 He glanced back secretively over his shoulder at the other three who were talking and paying no attention to him .
7 He gestured over his shoulder at the other members of the golfing Press .
8 She looked over her shoulder at the other two , smiling archly .
9 ‘ Oh , no , pray , ’ she begged , dropping the bread and rising also , and casting an apprehensive glance over her shoulder at the closed door .
10 Rachel took a deep breath and glanced from one to the other then over her shoulder at the closed door of her sister 's ground-floor bedroom .
11 He had n't changed , she thought glumly , staring determinedly past his shoulder at the bright steel walls of the lift .
12 He looked over the estate agent 's shoulder at the surprised face of the Englishman .
13 ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she said , looking over my shoulder at the open front door .
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