Example sentences of "and peered [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Karelius placed his bag on the floor of the vestibule and peered into the gloomy reception hatch . |
| 2 | LIKE a child playing secret games , Sinead O'Connor crept up to the window and peered into the cosy room . |
| 3 | To do this she unwrapped her legs from each other , bent her right knee briefly and peered into the empty glass . |
| 4 | ’ I 'll be needin' mair shag and all , ’ he bent and picked up the clay stump and peered into the empty bowl sadly . |
| 5 | At the top of the stairs between the two galleries Donna paused and peered into the thick shadows , listening for movement from either above or below . |
| 6 | Edward crouched to his knees before the firebox and peered into the sickly blaze . |
| 7 | Springing up , he took two steps across to it and peered at the glazed array of schoolboy faces . |
| 8 | He tore open the cupboard door and peered at the tiny porthole of glass on the front of the central heating boiler . |
| 9 | Sims took out a jeweller 's eyeglass and peered at the tiny negatives . |
| 10 | He frowned deeply and peered at the narrow line of black and white spaces hanging in the air in front of him . |
| 11 | They both knelt on the carpet and peered at the large magazine , turning the pages . |
| 12 | The Weasel stepped up to the horse and peered at the dishevelled figure . |
| 13 | She paused and peered down the rocky road to make sure that none of the children who lived in the lower houses had followed her . |
| 14 | She hesitated a second and then as the headlights dimmed she went across to the window and peered through the Venetian blind . |
| 15 | Ruth hung back in the shadowy hallway and peered through the wide arched open front door , her heart beating so wildly she felt sick with it . |
| 16 | She knelt up and peered through the tiny porthole . |
| 17 | She knelt beside the damaged keg and peered through the serrated bullet hole . |
| 18 | He 'd been right when he told Alison that he was n't overlooked , because he could only see a narrow slice of his lounge from here ; but when he got down on his hands and knees and peered through the wrought ironwork the angle improved and he could see almost half of the room . |
| 19 | He wiped them clear and peered inside the smoking gap . |