Example sentences of "[verb] at [pers pn] from [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young woman peered at him from under the brim of her ancient straw hat . |
| 2 | A familiar but still timid stray cat peered at him from beneath a blackcurrant bush and howled piteously . |
| 3 | He peered at her from under the cloth cap which he was using to shade his face , and she lay on her side to face him . |
| 4 | He was looking at me from under his dark brows , his voice low . |
| 5 | Hoomey was looking at her from under the seat in front . |
| 6 | He was looking at her from beneath thick brows . |
| 7 | We felt them looking at us from behind the lace and from the shadowy hallways , peering through their caterpillar curtains at these strangers with clean shoes and light , impractical clothes . |
| 8 | She was about to return to her own chamber to put her clothes away again when an urgent hiss came at her from down the gallery . |
| 9 | If you look at it from round that way it 's two lots of six . |
| 10 | Yeah I I did look at it from from from after Christmas and there have been no complaints at all , in the accident book up until the eighteenth of March that were of that nature . |
| 11 | Matt turned to Doreen , peering at her from beneath his bushy brows . |
| 12 | I opened the conservatory door to slip out to my bedroom the back way and noticed a pair of eyes peering at me from behind the rubber plant in the far corner , distorted by the old glass . |
| 13 | And with his round face and friendly little circular eyes peering at you from behind those less-than-state-of-the-art spectacles . |
| 14 | Buddie lowered his newspaper and turned his head to look at her from beneath furrowed black brows . |
| 15 | Umm I think a big one here , cos I want to look at it from in there . |
| 16 | One of the porters beamed at me from under his large straw hat . |
| 17 | Her father grinned at her from over the rim of his spectacles . |
| 18 | He scowled at her from under his brows . |
| 19 | In such matters it is the most obvious things which are the most important and which stare at you from under the nose without being perceived . |
| 20 | Briant stood still , staring at him from under his brows , and Kegan stared back , his heavy face gleaming slightly with sweat . |
| 21 | The cabinet is made from chipboard , with rugged overriders on each corner , while the 8 inch speaker peeps at you from behind a sort of nylon fabric . |
| 22 | A large blonde girl waved at me from across the room , spilling a large part of her drink down the back of another woman 's dress at the same time . |
| 23 | He glares at me from beneath his eyelashes . |
| 24 | She waggled suggestive eyebrows , stared at him from under her eyelashes . |
| 25 | She stared at him from behind the barrier of her flowers , wordlessly holding out the paper-wrapped roses . |
| 26 | He looked at her from under his brows . |
| 27 | He looked at her from under those thick dark lashes , as though contemplating whether to answer her question or not . |
| 28 | Matt looked at her from beneath grey , shaggy brows . |
| 29 | McAllister looked at him from under the long dark eyelashes which had won his heart from the very first moment when he had seen them , on his sofa , adorning the unconscious girl he had carried in from the street . |
| 30 | Golden eyes looked at him from among the leaves of the yellow maple tree where Peach sat cleverly camouflaged . |