Example sentences of "i looked [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked round at the faces . |
| 2 | I looked round at the picture of Bruce Lee , the travel poster of Malaysia my dad gave me , my certificate of merit for Grade Two Saxophone , my 320 computer discs , my colour picture of an iguana and the tattered remains of a portable snooker table we got when I was twelve . |
| 3 | I looked round at the class , my finger hovering above the tape-recorder . |
| 4 | Before leaving I looked around at the disorder wondering what was so important that somebody would go to so much trouble to look for it . |
| 5 | I looked around at the place ; I had been here before but it had never looked so huge . |
| 6 | I looked up at the building . |
| 7 | I looked up at the nurse , surprised by my name on a stranger 's lips . |
| 8 | I looked up at the sun . |
| 9 | I looked up at the sky and saw that the clouds were one dark , lurid , compact mass . |
| 10 | I looked up at the sky and made a fist with the other hand , beating it into the ground . |
| 11 | I looked up at the clock . |
| 12 | As I thought these things , I looked up at the window . |
| 13 | I looked up at the mountain . |
| 14 | I looked up at the jumble of rooftops with their abundance of chimney-pots , the florid iron bal-conies at the dormer windows . |
| 15 | We paralleled Crow Road for a bit , and stopped , waiting for signals , outside Jordanhill station ; I looked up at the rear of the flats which fronted Crow Road , trying to work out which was Janice Rae 's . |
| 16 | I looked up at the bedroom window as I closed the door behind me . |
| 17 | After the excitement died down , and I was being congratulated by my wee brother and the others , I looked up at the Edelmans ' window . |
| 18 | Next morning I looked in at the forge before leaving , and said goodbye to Joe , who was already hard at work . |
| 19 | ‘ I kept thinking today how lucky I was , you see , how blessedly fortunate , with all I have , all that is so comfortable , all that makes me so — so much happier than I was , and then this evening I went to the Rectory and when I returned I was in my room and I looked out at the darkness and I thought of you and how lonely you must be after all the company and society you have known just recently and I thought — I thought — ’ |
| 20 | I looked out at the school . |
| 21 | I looked out at the rain , and the grey sea and rocks between the trees . |
| 22 | I looked out at the rain instead ; it was cheerier . |
| 23 | I looked back at the school buildings . |
| 24 | I looked back at the bed , at June rigid in ecstasis , her eyes blank and upturned . |
| 25 | I looked back at the alley . |
| 26 | I looked back at the silhouette of the house through a haze of sun : tall chimneys and mellow brickwork in the older part . |
| 27 | I looked back at the rabbit , then got up and knelt over it . |
| 28 | Then , as I looked back at the dark , inscrutable carob tree , I did feel a faint touch of fear . |
| 29 | I looked back at the corner and he waved . |
| 30 | I glanced at her , trying to hide my embarrassment with a swift and flippant response , but I could think of nothing to say and so I looked back at the binnacle , then up to the long moon-burnished sea ahead . |