Example sentences of "at she [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was to get at 'er in the bedroom , 'e said . |
| 2 | Matthew was smiling at her over the edge of his glass . |
| 3 | The solicitor glared at her over the top of his spectacles , unamused . |
| 4 | Rod Porter peered at her over the top of his book , glancing at the other visitors . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She demurred a little when he said , picking up his teacup , and looking at her over the top of it , ‘ You never answered my question , Miss McAllister . |
| 7 | He looked mischievously at her over the top of his paper . |
| 8 | Mary turned her head , and noticed Ben Weatherstaff 's angry face looking at her over the garden wall . |
| 9 | Iris grinned at her over the rim of her glass of mineral water . |
| 10 | Her father was frowning at her over the rim of his glass . |
| 11 | He again knew what it was to feel embarrassed when , on the Monday dinner time , he went into the NAAM , and looking at her over the counter , he said , ‘ Hello there , ’ and she answered , ‘ Hello , yourself . ’ |
| 12 | I might have looked at her outside the church and seen just another assembly-line bride . |
| 13 | And the way she 'd looked at her on the doorstep , and the cup of tea she 'd spilled and blamed on her age . |
| 14 | Grimma stared at her with the kind of expression reserved for people who turn out , against all expectation , to have interesting and secret histories . |
| 15 | The door was slammed wide , and he came at her with the speed of the vehicle that should have killed him two nights before . |
| 16 | His dark brows rose in astonishment at this attack and then he slid his arms round her and pulled her towards him , looking down at her with the sort of expression a grown-up reserved for a naughty child . |
| 17 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |
| 18 | All the time those steady , golden eyes had fascinated her — and now they were looking steadily at her along the barrel of a gun . |
| 19 | Vitor said , climbing out to frown at her across the bonnet . |
| 20 | ’ Her husband gazed at her across the body . |
| 21 | As it was , he clenched his fist and glared at her across the gulf that divided them . |
| 22 | Ben stood staring at her across the garden , a puzzled , worried expression on his face . |
| 23 | Looking at her across the table , it was hard to imagine that once he had thought her the most exotic extraordinary thing in the entire world . |
| 24 | Madame Gebrec gazed earnestly at her across the table . |
| 25 | He stole covert glances at her across the table . |
| 26 | Vitor looked at her across the table . |
| 27 | George turned to Catherine , kissed her hands and seemed content to stare at her for the rest of the night if not for the rest of his life : Mary bowed her head a little and Hope looked away , sipped at his claret , could do no more . |
| 28 | His last words , flung over his shoulder at her through the cold , stinging spray , were : |
| 29 | Ace stuck out her tongue at Daak , who was grinning at her through the shuttle 's front window , but she doubted whether he could see her face inside the suit . |
| 30 | Elizabeth attempted to escape in the Isuzu , but crashed as her attacker hacked at her through the window . |