Example sentences of "[verb] at him over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ma peered at him over the top of the evening paper , Her eyes were shifty with guilt . |
| 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 | His father shouted at him over the noise of the engine , ‘ I want you to see , Alexei . |
| 4 | Jannie lay in bed , looking at him over the edge of the covers . |
| 5 | There was a pause , than a woman 's reddened , raddled face squinted at him over the sill . |
| 6 | And we all nodded at him : the man of finance , the man of accounts , the man of law , we all nodded at him over the polished table that like a still sheet of brown water reflected our faces , lined , wrinkled ; our faces marked by toil , by deceptions , by success , by love ; our weary eyes looking still , looking always , looking anxiously for something out of life , that while it is expected is already gone — has passed unseen , in a sigh , in a flash — together with the youth , with the strength , with the romance of illusions . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | It seemed to Joe that his mother was waiting behind the hall door for him , because no sooner had he entered the house than there she was , staring at him over the distance . |
| 9 | She stared at him over the rim of her cup . |
| 10 | Before she could utter the cry of alarm which rose in her throat his hand had closed over her mouth , and Paige 's startled eyes blinked at him over the top . |
| 11 | Elinor looked at him over the rim of her magazine . |
| 12 | She looked at him over the top of her glass . |
| 13 | She looked at him over the rim of her glass . |
| 14 | I looked at him over the roof . |
| 15 | She looked at him over the top of her cup . |
| 16 | Ashley looked at him over the rim of her cup . |
| 17 | She smiled at him over the table napkin , which was removing a minute trace of profiterole . |
| 18 | Next morning , she smiled at him over breakfast , drinking him in , for she must toil alone all day and bring him from the clay . |
| 19 | She beamed at him over the rim of her glass . |
| 20 | Rain glared at him over Barbara Coleman 's head . |
| 21 | She finished her drink , smiling at him over the rim of the cup . |