Example sentences of "peer at [art] " in BNC.

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1 I peered at a few of them , identifying Filmer and Daffodil 's Laurentide Ice as a light grey colt with brittle-looking bones , the Lorrimores ' Voting Right as an unremarkable bay , and the Youngs ' Sparrowgrass as a bright chestnut with a white star and sock .
2 He blinked at Herr Nordern , then peered at the document and began to read aloud , in a hoarse voice : ‘ By Order of the Minister of Justice , I , the Chief of Police of the City of Berlin … ’
3 He peered at the long list .
4 He peered at the menu displayed with accompanying admiring press comment outside the Trattoria San Giorgio , and decided you 'd be lucky to get out of there under £20 a head .
5 As Mungo peered at the tank shell , a voice behind him said :
6 Nosing aside the dingy curtains , he peered at the village .
7 She peered at the screen again .
8 ‘ Pardon ? ’ as he peered at the smaller hump .
9 Before the double dais sat a small , slight , unimpressive man who frequently could not recall , sometimes could not hear and peered at the briefing books through wire-rimmed glasses .
10 They both knelt on the carpet and peered at the large magazine , turning the pages .
11 He laid the rule on the girl 's chest and peered at the calibrations .
12 Morton reluctantly went over , and peered at the object which Burney was indicating with his probe .
13 Morton crossed to the bookcase and peered at the volumes .
14 She peered at the texts .
15 I peered at the labels and too began the Harry , Frank , Charlie , Mabel way .
16 She peered at the men fighting , for the life of her not able to think why anyone would come to her rescue .
17 Algernon peered at the table , then snapped his fingers and a pot of honey appeared .
18 Taking the bag and holding it up towards the window , Bodie peered at the two slugs .
19 She peered at the Christmas cactus she had bought for Alan and decided it looked distinctly sorry for itself .
20 Women bathed , showered , brushed their teeth , sat on the toilet , peered at the mirror .
21 They had grubby overalls on , and caps with protective masks , through which each gang peered at the other .
22 He peered at the piece of paper .
23 He peered at the tangled convulsions in the Daemon card .
24 Jaq peered at the face in the screen — especially at the eyes — for signs of a daemon rooted within the man 's psyche .
25 He peered at the children sleeping on the back seat .
26 Doyle peered at the crumpled figure .
27 Lok peered at the stick and the lump of bone and the small eyes in the bone things over the face .
28 Colonel Magrit Welland peered at the immobilized Jezrael .
29 Her green eyes hard , she inspected Jezrael , peered at the spiderglass tower with its fronds that swayed to her breathing .
30 Pascoe peered at the drink before putting the glass to his lips , as if drinking it at all was a risky thing .
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