Example sentences of "at [pers pn] through [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The woman behind the counter had been gazing at her through strong spectacles and now scratched doubtfully at her moustache with a thumb-nail .
2 He looked at her through narrowed eyes , then he stood up .
3 Vass looked back at her through narrowed dark eyes .
4 Rourke looked at her through narrowed eyes .
5 The old tea pourer , Donna 's one-time school-teacher , peered up at her through rimless glasses .
6 Father McCormack looked at her through shrewd eyes .
7 The coroner glared at him through narrowed eyes .
8 She looked at him through narrowed eyes .
9 For the man looking at him through one natural eye and a lens in the socket of his other eye , the silver-haired man with a scar bisecting his cheek , to which he had sewn rubies so that the long-healed wound seemed still to gleam with blood — was none other than Baal Firenze .
10 Rory gazed helplessly at him through haunted , agonised eyes .
11 Mayli looked round , blinking at him through sad , tired eyes .
12 ‘ I 'll be ready for you , ’ Rachel said tightly , her eyes hostile as she looked at him through black lashes .
13 She looked up at him through thick dark lashes .
14 His voice was raggedly urgent , and she gazed up at him through cloudy , unfocused eyes .
15 She sniffed and looked up at him through tear-filled eyes .
16 She gazed up at him through dazed , unfocused eyes .
17 Adam 's voice held a sharp note of concern and she looked up at him through dazed eyes , almost surprised to see him still standing there .
18 ‘ It 's just … ’ she smiled tremulously at him through damp , spiky eyelashes ‘ … it 's just that I ca n't …
19 For a moment she stared up at him through glistening eyes , soothed by his hands and the deep sound of his voice .
20 In these days , looking at it through neutral eyes , what Jessica did was both very immoral and very dishonest .
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