Example sentences of "[vb past] at her [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rod Porter peered at her over the top of his book , glancing at the other visitors . |
| 2 | Bella peered at her through the dark . |
| 3 | He looked extremely unhealthy ; the anxious eyes of a child peered at her from a white mask . |
| 4 | Now he drained it and squinted at her through the glass . |
| 5 | A-Team star George Peppard 's second wife , actress Elizabeth Ashley — whom he met and fell in love with when they made The Carpetbaggers in 1964 — claimed that he assaulted her and came at her with a hot frying pan , an allegation that Peppard has always strongly denied . |
| 6 | The door was slammed wide , and he came at her with the speed of the vehicle that should have killed him two nights before . |
| 7 | ‘ He came at her from the front then ? ’ |
| 8 | That was still the thought in her mind as she struck the ground , not knowing how she came to be there , as one never knows , having suffered a blow aimed from behind which came at her like a thunderbolt , felled her in the presence of a hundred indifferent spectators and left her prostrate , struggling as in those terrible lodging-house dreams , to get up , to breathe , while the weasel-pack fell on top of her , shrieking with laughter . |
| 9 | This time masculine appreciation came at her like a wave and her answering smile was enough to light the room on its own . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll feel stronger a damn sight faster if I move around a bit , ’ he threw at her in a voice little better than a snarl . |
| 11 | After about five minutes a middle-aged woman appeared in the doorway and , seeing Lucy , stopped and frowned at her over the top of her glasses . |
| 12 | Silas barked at her in a fury . |
| 13 | When he threw open shutters to let in air and light , pictures sprang at her from the walls . |
| 14 | Iris grinned at her over the rim of her glass of mineral water . |
| 15 | Albert grinned at her in an indulgent , knowing way and it made her angry . |
| 16 | They grinned at her in an easy , friendly way and she returned their smiles . |
| 17 | His forehead was ripped dark in the starlight but his cheekbones still gleamed ( an image superimposed : the sunset slanting over him as he grinned at her in the freighter ) the way she remembered . |
| 18 | He grinned at her from a toothless mouth . |
| 19 | Jonathan 's face grinned at her from the telescreens . |
| 20 | He glanced at her with a great deal of arrogance . |
| 21 | A voice boomed at her from a small door at the side of the stage . |
| 22 | She followed , and Lucy waved at her in the mirror at every light . |
| 23 | Cheltzie Hentz is taking legal action against two fellow primary school pupils after they swore at her on a bus . |
| 24 | Among the revelations will be of the time Cecil Parkinson swore at her in a Cabinet meeting , Kenneth Clarke telling how she used her femininity as a weapon in meetings , and Norman Tebbit and Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten talking about the horrors concealed in that famous handbag . |
| 25 | He stared at her through the flickering shadows . |
| 26 | He stared at her with a dead-pan face and she was not sure whether he was serious or not . |
| 27 | Grimma stared at her with the kind of expression reserved for people who turn out , against all expectation , to have interesting and secret histories . |
| 28 | Gary stared at her for a moment , pins spewing from his mouth and catching on the front of his black jersey . |
| 29 | He took another step backwards and stared at her for a long moment before saying , ‘ This is the last time I 'll ever look on you willingly . ’ |
| 30 | He stared at her for a moment before saying , ‘ Tea , please . ’ |