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 . |