Example sentences of "[coord] peer at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While pulling down the ropes between the stalactites , crane your neck upwards and peer at the bolted lines of Jacky Godoffe 's grade eights , such as Autoportrait ( 8b+ ) . |
| 2 | Before the double dais sat a small , slight , unimpressive man who frequently could not recall , sometimes could not hear and peered at the briefing books through wire-rimmed glasses . |
| 3 | They both knelt on the carpet and peered at the large magazine , turning the pages . |
| 4 | He laid the rule on the girl 's chest and peered at the calibrations . |
| 5 | Morton reluctantly went over , and peered at the object which Burney was indicating with his probe . |
| 6 | Morton crossed to the bookcase and peered at the volumes . |
| 7 | He pulled the sides of the case apart and peered at the tobacco projectiles it contained , each one as potently dangerous as a Sam-7 . |
| 8 | So uncovered their eyes again and peered at the sun-god through their lashes . |
| 9 | He tore open the cupboard door and peered at the tiny porthole of glass on the front of the central heating boiler . |
| 10 | Malengin went back to the range and peered at the kettle . |
| 11 | He frowned deeply and peered at the narrow line of black and white spaces hanging in the air in front of him . |
| 12 | Sims took out a jeweller 's eyeglass and peered at the tiny negatives . |
| 13 | Springing up , he took two steps across to it and peered at the glazed array of schoolboy faces . |
| 14 | The Weasel stepped up to the horse and peered at the dishevelled figure . |
| 15 | Isabel raised her left hand and peered at the ring in the dim light cast by the clock-candle burning near the bed . |
| 16 | Sybil and Melissa mounted what had once been an imposing flight of steps flanked by tall white pillars and peered at the labels alongside the row of bell-pushes in a corroding brass frame affixed to the wall beside the front door . |
| 17 | First-hog-of-summer and others ran to the palisade and peered at the forest edge . |
| 18 | The tall man elbowed his way past the curtain and peered at the patient . |
| 19 | She slumped in the far corner of the white Corniche and watched her mother nervously hugging the steering wheel and peering at the road ahead . |
| 20 | Outside , Goldman was looking down at Schmidt as if he were standing on a cliff 's edge and peering at the drop . |
| 21 | We began filming with Richard Phillips on the sidelines ( by which I mean on the floor , through the windows , in the lounge and peering at the man peering through the lens ) , Nigel ( Grubby ) Foster and Michael Hall representing J Walter Thompson , the Agency . |