Example sentences of "peer [adv] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A wee grey woman wearing a headscarf peered out at me from the end of the bus queue . |
| 2 | Today , when Florrie arrived at the corner-shop and rapped on the closed front door , Aunt Emily lifted the roller-blind and peered shortsightedly at her through the glass . |
| 3 | ‘ Funny little faces peering down at me through the branches overhead . |
| 4 | In fact on a couple of occasions he had thought he had seen strange green faces peering down at him from the branches . |
| 5 | It was only a couple coming in from the terrace , and she was about to look away again when she caught sight of a tall , stooping man standing outside and peering lugubriously at her through the glass . |
| 6 | Then had come the shock of seeing a face peering out at him from the attic window . |
| 7 | He peers out at us from the photograph on the front cover of his catalogue raisonné : all we see is his deadpan baby-face , hovering horizontal about a foot above the studio floor , the rest of his body is concealed nay , shrouded by one of his crinkly gesso ‘ achrome ’ paintings which is propped against the studio wall . |
| 8 | They were halfway through their second round of drinks when he finished ; she leaned away so that — sitting beside him — she could peer back at him through the dimness . |
| 9 | Turning around to peer up at him in the gathering darkness , Laura had no clue what he was thinking as she viewed his bland expression , which echoed the studied unconcern in his voice . |