Example sentences of "[verb] at [pers pn] [prep] behind [art] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 She stared at him from behind the barrier of her flowers , wordlessly holding out the paper-wrapped roses .
5 Suddenly an evil face , more like an animal than a man , looked at us from behind the rock .
6 The wino leaned and leered at her from behind the cover of the chip man 's mighty stomach .
7 Below the great hill of Knocknarea , brown stark woods , leafless and grim , glowered at me from behind a stone wall .
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