Example sentences of "[verb] at [pron] through [art] " in BNC.
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1 | She peered at him through the semi-darkness . |
2 | Bella peered at her through the dark . |
3 | He looks at me through the mirror and nods slightly , which I take to mean he 'd like my help . |
4 | From time to time Maggie saw Felipe glance at them through the rear-view mirror . |
5 | The helmeted figure shouted at him through a face mask . |
6 | We were shouting at them through the hatch . |
7 | The hours spent beneath the apple tree assumed a distorted quality as though she were looking at them through an unfocused lens . |
8 | Unlike the adults , who are used to seeing people looking at them through the underwater viewing window , the baby could n't believe her eyes when she saw people under the water and kept going back down to have another look . |
9 | The robbers ran off down a nearby street , but fired their gun again at a women who was looking at them through the window of a hairdressers shop . |
10 | The robbers ran off down a nearby street , but fired their gun again at a women who was looking at them through the window of a hairdressers shop . |
11 | The point is that many an insect was saved by an exceedingly slight resemblance to a twig or a leaf or a fall of dung , on occasions when it was far away from a predator , or on occasions when the predator was looking at it at dusk , or looking at it through a fog , or looking at it while distracted by a receptive female . |
12 | Leaving aside for the moment the nature of teachers ' particular educational philosophy , I now wish to move from describing the predicament from the outside , so to speak , to looking at it through the eyes and feelings of teachers themselves . |
13 | Ace stuck out her tongue at Daak , who was grinning at her through the shuttle 's front window , but she doubted whether he could see her face inside the suit . |
14 | Now he drained it and squinted at her through the glass . |
15 | We can not literally weigh religious truth-claims or look at them through a micro- scope . |
16 | 1989 , The Year Of The Microscope ( to Jan ) Largest ever collection of working microscopes on public display ; the public are invited to bring along their own specimens and look at them through the different microscopes . |
17 | The woman smiled and nodded at me through the noise that made a surrounding silence . |
18 | ‘ Do n't look at me through the eyes … ’ |
19 | The forest of the night always made him shiver — the association with nameless terrors peering at him through the jungle of a Rousseau painting on his childhood wall . |
20 | Wilcox continued to stare at her through a cloud of smoke . |
21 | But in Jamaica at the time , there were no facilities for kids , just for professional fighters , so I just used to look at them through the fence , sparring and punching the bag . |
22 | as if in response to his cursing , the wild night struck back at him , flaring a double blow of brilliant whiteness that seemed to tear at him through the windows . |
23 | He grinned at us through the darkness . |
24 | While I say this , Victor lights that cheroot of his and scowls at me through a blue fog . |
25 | For a moment I sensed his eye staring at me through the hole in the door but as soon as I looked at it the lens flashed and the cover on the other side swung quickly to rest . |
26 | Staring at me through the branches of a twisted thorn was a tawny owl perched on a rock ledge . |
27 | Aaron , Benstede 's man , glaring at him through the crowd at the banquet in the castle while Benstede looked reproachfully at him . |
28 | He nods at us through the car window , then snaps shut the central-locking , making himself secure . |
29 | He stared at her through the flickering shadows . |
30 | To his surprise he saw Timothy nodding at him through the dimness , before he 'd finished speaking . |