Example sentences of "at [pers pn] through the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She pressed it against herself , squinting at him through the darkness . |
| 32 | as if in response to his cursing , the wild night struck back at him , flaring a double blow of brilliant whiteness that seemed to tear at him through the windows . |
| 33 | Oliver was very surprised ; this was the same man he had bumped into once outside a pub , and seen another time with Fagin , looking in at him through the window of the country cottage . |
| 34 | She peered at him through the semi-darkness . |
| 35 | To his surprise he saw Timothy nodding at him through the dimness , before he 'd finished speaking . |
| 36 | They were halfway through their second round of drinks when he finished ; she leaned away so that — sitting beside him — she could peer back at him through the dimness . |
| 37 | The man mouths at him through the glass . |
| 38 | Maisie took a ten-pound note from Robert 's pocket and waved it at him through the glass . |
| 39 | Aaron , Benstede 's man , glaring at him through the crowd at the banquet in the castle while Benstede looked reproachfully at him . |
| 40 | Leaving aside for the moment the nature of teachers ' particular educational philosophy , I now wish to move from describing the predicament from the outside , so to speak , to looking at it through the eyes and feelings of teachers themselves . |
| 41 | He grinned at us through the darkness . |
| 42 | Outside the city we passed by a refugee camp where white-faced , unsmiling boys and girls gazed at us through the railings . |
| 43 | It turned out that he 'd inched along the parapet — a thin one about six inches wide — and had a good peek at us through the windows . |
| 44 | He nods at us through the car window , then snaps shut the central-locking , making himself secure . |