Example sentences of "peer at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 … ’ |
| 2 | He peered at the long list . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As Mungo peered at the tank shell , a voice behind him said : |
| 5 | Nosing aside the dingy curtains , he peered at the village . |
| 6 | She peered at the screen again . |
| 7 | ‘ Pardon ? ’ as he peered at the smaller hump . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They both knelt on the carpet and peered at the large magazine , turning the pages . |
| 10 | He laid the rule on the girl 's chest and peered at the calibrations . |
| 11 | Morton reluctantly went over , and peered at the object which Burney was indicating with his probe . |
| 12 | Morton crossed to the bookcase and peered at the volumes . |
| 13 | She peered at the texts . |
| 14 | I peered at the labels and too began the Harry , Frank , Charlie , Mabel way . |
| 15 | She peered at the men fighting , for the life of her not able to think why anyone would come to her rescue . |
| 16 | Algernon peered at the table , then snapped his fingers and a pot of honey appeared . |
| 17 | Taking the bag and holding it up towards the window , Bodie peered at the two slugs . |
| 18 | She peered at the Christmas cactus she had bought for Alan and decided it looked distinctly sorry for itself . |
| 19 | Women bathed , showered , brushed their teeth , sat on the toilet , peered at the mirror . |
| 20 | They had grubby overalls on , and caps with protective masks , through which each gang peered at the other . |
| 21 | He peered at the piece of paper . |
| 22 | He peered at the tangled convulsions in the Daemon card . |
| 23 | Jaq peered at the face in the screen — especially at the eyes — for signs of a daemon rooted within the man 's psyche . |
| 24 | He peered at the children sleeping on the back seat . |
| 25 | Doyle peered at the crumpled figure . |
| 26 | Lok peered at the stick and the lump of bone and the small eyes in the bone things over the face . |
| 27 | Colonel Magrit Welland peered at the immobilized Jezrael . |
| 28 | Her green eyes hard , she inspected Jezrael , peered at the spiderglass tower with its fronds that swayed to her breathing . |
| 29 | Pascoe peered at the drink before putting the glass to his lips , as if drinking it at all was a risky thing . |
| 30 | She looked out over the smudged white landscape of Regent 's Park , then peered at the road below . |