Example sentences of "[verb] at [pers pn] through the " 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 | We were shouting at them through the hatch . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Now he drained it and squinted at her through the glass . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The woman smiled and nodded at me through the noise that made a surrounding silence . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't look at me through the eyes … ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He grinned at us through the darkness . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Staring at me through the branches of a twisted thorn was a tawny owl perched on a rock ledge . |
| 21 | Aaron , Benstede 's man , glaring at him through the crowd at the banquet in the castle while Benstede looked reproachfully at him . |
| 22 | He nods at us through the car window , then snaps shut the central-locking , making himself secure . |
| 23 | He stared at her through the flickering shadows . |
| 24 | To his surprise he saw Timothy nodding at him through the dimness , before he 'd finished speaking . |
| 25 | Lydia blinked at her through the misty light of the headlamps . |
| 26 | I guess I could pass for short and fat if you looked at me through the end of a glass of liquor . ’ |
| 27 | She pressed it against herself , squinting at him through the darkness . |
| 28 | He took his pipe out and lit it slowly , squinting at her through the puffs of blue smoke . |
| 29 | But Ma Katz had got out of her rocking chair , and the preacherman had stared at her through the mummy 's glass eyes . |
| 30 | Outside the city we passed by a refugee camp where white-faced , unsmiling boys and girls gazed at us through the railings . |