Example sentences of "[vb past] at him [prep] the " 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 | She peered at him through the semi-darkness . |
| 4 | Kypov shouted at him across the few metres that separated them , and the breath spouted white from the Major 's mouth . |
| 5 | His father shouted at him over the noise of the engine , ‘ I want you to see , Alexei . |
| 6 | There was a pause , than a woman 's reddened , raddled face squinted at him over the sill . |
| 7 | An explosive snort came at him from the centre of the room behind him . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's more than you 'd dare , Deveraugh , ’ she threw at him from the relative safety of the riverbank , and he laughed softly , the sound of it filling her ears as she sped across the grass . |
| 10 | Ashley frowned at him along the length of the sofa . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | Willi glanced at him in the mirror and thought he still did n't look too good . |
| 13 | She waved at him from the door and went down to the street . |
| 14 | Jed just stared at him across the top of his glass . |
| 15 | Coleby stared at him across the table . |
| 16 | She stared at him over the rim of her cup . |
| 17 | But now , a week after Easter , his failure stared at him from the empty pews . |
| 18 | Tilda did not understand what he was doing , but she stared at him from the height of the mast until he became conscious of her , and turned round . |
| 19 | They scratched and squeaked and ran about , and stared at him from the holes in the walls . |
| 20 | She slapped at him in the dark . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | She realized this openly and laughed at him in the sun , saying that the Afghans could n't manage it either , and her blatant flirtatiousness fuelled him to perform one of his music-hall leaps over the back of the car into the bucket seat . |
| 23 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down . |
| 24 | She looked at him for the first time , then lowered her eyes again . |
| 25 | Maggie looked at him with the light of love as she kissed him good night . |
| 26 | She looked at him with the confidence of a beautiful woman who was used to getting her own way . |
| 27 | Maura looked at him with the arrogance of youth . |
| 28 | At the last moment , when the engine blew steam , she let down the window and handed him an envelope addressed to St Ives ; she looked at him with the eyes of one waking from a dangerous dream . |
| 29 | Elinor looked at him over the rim of her magazine . |
| 30 | She looked at him over the top of her glass . |