Example sentences of "at [pers pn] through the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Serendipitous , eh ? ’ he said , and leered at me through the artificial gloom , his rubber lips curling up . |
| 2 | Rubbing his glasses clean , he peered intently over at me through the thin rain . |
| 3 | From time to time Maggie saw Felipe glance at them through the rear-view mirror . |
| 4 | Unlike the adults , who are used to seeing people looking at them through the underwater viewing window , the baby could n't believe her eyes when she saw people under the water and kept going back down to have another look . |
| 5 | 1989 , The Year Of The Microscope ( to Jan ) Largest ever collection of working microscopes on public display ; the public are invited to bring along their own specimens and look at them through the different microscopes . |
| 6 | He stared at her through the flickering shadows . |
| 7 | Lydia blinked at her through the misty light of the headlamps . |
| 8 | She stirred against him , and he mistook it for something like the small movements of a child asleep , and smiled down at her through the slow current of perfume rising from her black , turmoiled hair ; but she was awake and brought her head up , drawing away from him a little , looking at him , so that he had to hide his smile quickly , because it was n't something he had meant her to see . |
| 9 | The face loomed up out of the darkness and leered at her through the rain-soaked glass . |
| 10 | She 'd bent down to pick up the purchases at her feet , and as she rose again she 'd caught sight of a face she knew , looking straight at her through the moving mesh of people . |
| 11 | ‘ Of course , Doctor , ’ murmured Judy , gazing up at him through the dark crescents of her attractively long lashes . |