Example sentences of "and looked [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know the man who stepped out and looked straight at the door which the old buffer porter had managed to close . |
| 2 | The man kicked the dog into a corner and looked round at the signs of battle . |
| 3 | When the coffee was done , he turned towards Oliver and looked closely at the boy . |
| 4 | Mr Crumwallis jumped , and looked nervously at the instrument . |
| 5 | He abandoned this line of observation and looked carefully at the man inside the suit . |
| 6 | Miss Honey paused and looked carefully at the child . |
| 7 | They re-climbed the steps to the granite flags and there Karl turned and looked again at the statue , his face still sunken and sour . |
| 8 | Jeanne remained silent , and looked fixedly at the floor . |
| 9 | I think that if Jesus stood in your school and looked around at the crowds he would feel exactly the same . |
| 10 | She tossed her head and looked around at the congregation . |
| 11 | She lay in Charlotte 's bed and looked up at the ceiling that Charlotte had festooned with shawls and old curtains and Indian bedspreads ( there was a definite small weight in one of those hammocks : what lay there ? |
| 12 | He settled back and looked up at the ceiling as if he had forgotten she was there , and Maggie had the urge to creep away . |
| 13 | She put her head back and looked up at the ceiling . |
| 14 | And if things did n't go well : fifty four months , two hundred and thirty — Marcus lay on the bunk and looked up at the sag that was Pete . |
| 15 | Ian walked to the open window and looked up at the hills , with their barracks , prison and asylum perched aloft . |
| 16 | Sister Cooney smiled and looked up at the board in front of her as the bell rang . |
| 17 | I moved closer to the entrance to the trench , pushed aside one of the heavy pieces of wood , and looked up at the sky . |
| 18 | General ‘ Little Mac ’ McLellan sat back on his horse and looked up at the sky . |
| 19 | Florrie took a pinch of snuff and looked up at the sky , waiting for the inevitable sneeze , and Aggie stepped back a pace . |
| 20 | When leaving the house one day , the bird suddenly cocked its head and looked up at the sky . |
| 21 | Soapy sat on a seat in Madison Square , New York , and looked up at the sky . |
| 22 | Suddenly they froze and looked up at the sky . |
| 23 | She rode furiously to the asylum grounds and looked up at the tree where the leaves had run riot in late summer . |
| 24 | Léonie sprawled lower on the muddy carpet and looked up at the beech trees spread against the sky . |
| 25 | Later , in sleeping-bags , with Grégoire quiet and breathing peacefully , Edouard lay on his back , and looked up at the stars . |
| 26 | He coughed and cleared his throat again and looked up at the clerk . |
| 27 | I then vomited , lay still for some seconds to recover from my disorientation and looked up at the officer , standing nonchalantly with hands clasped behind his back . |
| 28 | He stopped and looked up at the tangle of gaunt branches above him . |
| 29 | She slowed down and looked up at the house now looming high above them . |
| 30 | When they had gone , Peskova turned and looked up at the house again . |