Example sentences of "and looked at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicholson turned and looked at the other man contemptuously . |
| 2 | He turned and looked at the slender woman cowering in her chair . |
| 3 | She turned and looked at the distant figure of Dorcas and her eyes narrowed . |
| 4 | He stood up and looked at the following wagon . |
| 5 | She put the note to one side , and looked at the final message . |
| 6 | But when there was no retort from her granddaughter , she turned her head and looked at the young woman lying with her back against the head of the couch , her eyes closed , the muscles of her jaws showing white through the skin , and , her tone changing , she enquired , ‘ What is it , dear ? |
| 7 | She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals . |
| 8 | They sat and looked at the wonderful façade of the cathedral and watched people walking by , and Maggie was glad to stay in the light . |
| 9 | All I remember thinking of as I pushed the trolley and looked at the red face and eyebrows was , My friend , you are about to take the longest journey a man ever takes in this life . |
| 10 | He lifted his binoculars and looked at the vertical column of smoke , now no more than four miles to the east . |
| 11 | I stopped and looked at the big house . |
| 12 | In any case , most City people put politics to one side and looked at the nascent company as a simple business proposition . |
| 13 | She turned over and looked at the illuminated dial of her alarm clock . |
| 14 | She turned round and looked at the brass-dialled clock sitting starkly on a red brick wall to the side of them and added , ‘ Only half-past eight . ’ |
| 15 | Remembering a detail with sudden clarity , Charles knelt down and looked at the left-hand side of the front bumper . |
| 16 | I felt at the torn threads in my blouse and looked at the grazed skin underneath and shuddered , but I was all right and so was the tree . |
| 17 | Now he knelt down and looked at the dead girl curiously . |
| 18 | I walked up and down on the bed , to control my trembling legs , and looked at the dead rat . |
| 19 | Mike pushed the papers back across the desk and looked at the Old Man , who raised his eyebrows questioningly . |
| 20 | Monks hesitated and looked at the old man , but Mr Brownlow 's expression was so serious and determined that the younger man realized it was pointless to protest . |
| 21 | The child stared towards it as if in recognition of something held in memory ; then she turned and looked at the old woman , who was sitting on the couch unlacing her boots , and she said , ‘ You have a garden . ’ |