Example sentences of "and [verb] at her [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The face loomed up out of the darkness and leered at her through the rain-soaked glass . |
| 2 | His mouth was open and drooling and his tongue lolling between his lips and his eyes staring as if he did n't see her and everything about him red , and his hands bruised her skin where he tugged at her to move her where he wanted her , and he was making awful noises and pushing at her and pushing at her without the slightest gentleness almost as if he did n't realise it was her . |
| 3 | He again knew what it was to feel embarrassed when , on the Monday dinner time , he went into the NAAM , and looking at her over the counter , he said , ‘ Hello there , ’ and she answered , ‘ Hello , yourself . ’ |
| 4 | She demurred a little when he said , picking up his teacup , and looking at her over the top of it , ‘ You never answered my question , Miss McAllister . |
| 5 | Now he drained it and squinted at her through the glass . |
| 6 | After about five minutes a middle-aged woman appeared in the doorway and , seeing Lucy , stopped and frowned at her over the top of her glasses . |
| 7 | Sometimes she would stand in front of Sarah and stare at her in the most curious way , saying nothing . |
| 8 | Woolley stopped shaving and looked at her in the mirror . |
| 9 | As it was , he clenched his fist and glared at her across the gulf that divided them . |