Example sentences of "and looked [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " 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 | He sat up gingerly and looked slowly around the cell . |
| 3 | As he lunged for her she threw herself out of the way and looked desperately for a way out . |
| 4 | When the coffee was done , he turned towards Oliver and looked closely at the boy . |
| 5 | He sounded rather depressed , and looked sadly into the fire . |
| 6 | Mr Crumwallis jumped , and looked nervously at the instrument . |
| 7 | In a corner of the Salon Imperial of the Hotel Intercontinental , Paris , Harriet Varna braced her back against a statuesque pillar and looked steadily into the viewfinder of her camera , concentrating on her subjects so fiercely that she was almost oblivious to the electric atmosphere that surrounded her , bouncing off the Viennese décor and the sumptuous rococo ceiling along with the heat and the light as the models of the House of Saint Laurent moved gracefully along the hundred yards of catwalk to display the new season 's couture collection . |
| 8 | Charles let a note of panic creep into Bill Holroyd 's voice and looked anxiously around the room . |
| 9 | He abandoned this line of observation and looked carefully at the man inside the suit . |
| 10 | Miss Honey paused and looked carefully at the child . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Sir Leslie Scarman spoke of the new computer-usable Statutes in Force and of the Statute Law Committee 's subcommittee on the impact of computer technology on statutory material , and looked forward to the day when lawyers will be able to search the statutes in computer-usable form , as well as relying on their traditional book material . |
| 13 | The barman at the Tomorrowman polished up his impersonations and looked forward to the day after tomorrow , when Rex had promised him his own show . |
| 14 | As to coming together for further talks , I think that I speak for all those who were involved in the talks in the summer , which we concluded , when I say that those who took part in them felt that they were valuable and looked forward to the possibility of being able to hold talks again . |
| 15 | He spoke of the Founder , and looked forward to the future : |
| 16 | They believe the interpretation is from the period of the early Church and looked forward to the end of the world . |
| 17 | Jeanne remained silent , and looked fixedly at the floor . |
| 18 | I noticed that when Pyke was about to talk he put his head thoughtfully to one side and looked away into the distance . |
| 19 | Loppe turned his eyes from the victorious , the vibrant , the magnificent figure and looked instead towards the chill , battered walls of Famagusta . |
| 20 | Briant ignored that and looked instead at a man waving his notebook eagerly from the back row . |
| 21 | He shrugged his shoulders and looked dumbly at the grain on the wooden table . |
| 22 | The American boy stared at his empty glass , which he had drained nervously at a gulp , and looked uncertainly towards the figure of his mother fast disappearing among the crowd . |
| 23 | James 's eyes filled suddenly with tears , he wiped it them and looked disbelievingly at the wet on his fingers . |
| 24 | She sat up , flicked on her torch and looked thoughtfully at the cabin window . |
| 25 | He held up his forefinger and looked questioningly at the District Chief . |
| 26 | He put a large mug of steaming black coffee in front of Connon and looked enquiringly at the stuff which littered the table . |
| 27 | A real fifties style , it was made of very thin ciré and looked almost like a dress , with its circular skirt and stand-up collar . |
| 28 | Then he took his hands from the organ and looked all over the keyboard as if to make quite sure that all the keys and stops were there . |
| 29 | The dog scratched his head with a hind foot and looked all along the riverbank . |
| 30 | Julian finished his potatoes and looked gravely round the family gathering . |