Example sentences of "looked at [pers pn] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elinor looked at him over the rim of her magazine . |
| 2 | She looked at him over the top of her glass . |
| 3 | She looked at him over the rim of her glass . |
| 4 | I looked at him over the roof . |
| 5 | She looked at him over the top of her cup . |
| 6 | Ashley looked at him over the rim of her cup . |
| 7 | Malc reappeared round the door , looked at me over the top of his specs and reached out and I walked towards his outstretched arms on liquid legs . |
| 8 | My tutor was a delightful stern lady , and I remember when I had written about John 's gospel , the epistles of John , and the book of Revelation , she looked at me over the top of her spectacles and announced ‘ Young man , you have assumed that because these books have all been attributed to a man named John , that they are all by the same person , who was also an apostle . |
| 9 | As he dismounted he looked at me over the saddle and there Was that tell-nothing expression , looking at me no different than the Way he had looked at Lamarr Dean the moment before he broke a Whisky glass against his mouth . |
| 10 | I said that to him and he looked at me over the top of his glasses like that , cos he , in his office , he sits here , the door 's there , he sits here and I , I , everybody else has had the door open , I went in and shut the door and I stood behind him , I did n't stand in front of him , stood behind him so , keep |