Example sentences of "she [vb past] at him [prep] the " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | She beamed at him over the rim of her glass . |
2 | Then she peered at him over the barrier of her firmly folded arms and expressed a thought that had occurred to her before , but that now she felt impress itself on her even more strongly . |
3 | She peered at him through the semi-darkness . |
4 | ‘ That 's more than you 'd dare , Deveraugh , ’ she threw at him from the relative safety of the riverbank , and he laughed softly , the sound of it filling her ears as she sped across the grass . |
5 | ‘ Would you like a cup of coffee ? ’ he said to her at a station , and she grinned at him over the cardboard beaker , holding it with both hands . |
6 | She waved at him from the door and went down to the street . |
7 | She stared at him over the rim of her cup . |
8 | Tilda did not understand what he was doing , but she stared at him from the height of the mast until he became conscious of her , and turned round . |
9 | She looked at him for the first time , then lowered her eyes again . |
10 | She looked at him with the confidence of a beautiful woman who was used to getting her own way . |
11 | At the last moment , when the engine blew steam , she let down the window and handed him an envelope addressed to St Ives ; she looked at him with the eyes of one waking from a dangerous dream . |
12 | She looked at him over the top of her glass . |
13 | She looked at him over the rim of her glass . |
14 | She looked at him over the top of her cup . |
15 | She slapped at him in the dark . |
16 | She smiled at him as the general hurriedly got dressed . |
17 | She smiled at him over the table napkin , which was removing a minute trace of profiterole . |
18 | She smiled at him from the opposite stool . |
19 | ‘ I 'm not the slightest bit interested in you — or what you wear ! ’ she hissed at him beneath the sound of the children 's laughter as they jumped off the bed , and scampered about the room . |
20 | She took a playful swipe at his face , but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand , then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine . |
21 | She glared at him across the glass-shaded candlelight , feeling a rare impulse to inflict physical violence . |
22 | She went scarlet , speechless with rage as she glared at him in the sunlit interior of the car , eyes burning over his hard profile and sexy black leather jacket . |