Example sentences of "peer [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He affixed a small jewellers ' eyeglass to his eye , and peered in at the device 's workings more closely . |
| 2 | He grabbed Joseph roughly by the shoulder as the boy peered in at the window , and pulled him away . |
| 3 | Outside two young men peered in at the lighted women with their bottles and Jonquil 's cans of Carlsberg . |
| 4 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 5 | Then I opened my fingers wide and peered down at the floor . |
| 6 | Francis stopped and peered down at the complex of buildings . |
| 7 | The Doctor snapped out of his reverie and peered down at the Cell , still clasped in Bernice 's grip . |
| 8 | The trainer leaned over me and peered down at the leg . |
| 9 | She peered down at the dark water in the basin below . |
| 10 | The grubby face of a young boy , not more than ten summers in age , peered down at the speaker through the tangled mass of overgrown shrubbery atop a high stone wall . |
| 11 | Then she paused and peered down at the writhing thread . |
| 12 | Teetering on the sheer cliff , Tallis peered down at the river . |
| 13 | Ashley enquired , as he peered down at the instrument panel . |
| 14 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 15 | At the foot of the mound they halted and peered up at the statue , eerie under its glaze of ice , which stared sightlessly far above their heads . |
| 16 | He must have had as fine a view of the burgeoning industry of Glasgow , as he had of the stars when he peered up at the heavens from the University Observatory at Dowanhill . |
| 17 | The hedgehog peered up at the dog . |
| 18 | A lot of activity on the ceiling , too … as Ninereeds hovered , thumping the air with his wings , Twoflower peered up at the shapes of roosting beasts and tiny men-shaped dots that were somehow walking upside down . |
| 19 | Hrun peered up at the sky . |
| 20 | The cop peered up at the towering fire escape for several seconds , then , satisfied it was deserted , he walked across the alley to the opposite wall . |
| 21 | Karelius peered out at the theatre lamps glowing through the mist . |
| 22 | Pascoe watched her as she peered out at the lowlife in the streets . |
| 23 | Ross peered out at the garden . |
| 24 | Chuck hesitated and peered out at the teeming streets of Cholon , which they were entering . |
| 25 | Wiping breath from the window , she peered out at the landmarks , all so distant from the place where she longed to be . |
| 26 | She peered around at the various exhibits , squinting into the sun . |
| 27 | Shivering at the table and peering down at the paper under the stumpy candle I allowed myself to wander off the straight path through the dark trees . |
| 28 | Peering down at the ground between his feet , John saw the box , its lid stamped ‘ J.M. ’ in sharp Roman capitals by a pal in the dye-works across the road . |
| 29 | Peering down at the faint blood trail staining the grass , he strode angrily away towards the jungle with his son at his heels . |
| 30 | He made his way round the side of the house , peering in at the windows , noting that some dishes , though washed , had been left on the draining board . |