Example sentences of "peered at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ma peered at him over the top of the evening paper , Her eyes were shifty with guilt . |
| 2 | Then she peered at him over the barrier of her firmly folded arms and expressed a thought that had occurred to her before , but that now she felt impress itself on her even more strongly . |
| 3 | Benson peered at him through his pipe smoke . |
| 4 | She peered at him through the semi-darkness . |
| 5 | The young woman peered at him from under the brim of her ancient straw hat . |
| 6 | A familiar but still timid stray cat peered at him from beneath a blackcurrant bush and howled piteously . |
| 7 | I peered at them round the end of the house . |
| 8 | Liz , the receptionist , peered at me over the top of her pink-rimmed spectacles . |
| 9 | More often than not the face peered at me through leaves . |
| 10 | Then he took the binoculars and peered at me through them . |
| 11 | Aunt Louise peered at me from almost sightless eyes . |
| 12 | Rod Porter peered at her over the top of his book , glancing at the other visitors . |
| 13 | Bella peered at her through the dark . |
| 14 | He peered at her with little beady eyes , as though trying to guess from her expression how much she and her companion had heard . |
| 15 | He coughed twice before saying , ‘ Yes ? ’ then leaned forward and peered at her as if his sight were bad , then coughed a harsh , chest-tearing cough before asking further , ‘ Yes , what d' you want ? ’ |
| 16 | He looked extremely unhealthy ; the anxious eyes of a child peered at her from a white mask . |
| 17 | He peered at her from under the cloth cap which he was using to shade his face , and she lay on her side to face him . |