Example sentences of "he looked [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked round for a stick or prop which he could use to dislodge Yussuf . |
| 2 | He looked round for a weapon to fight with , but Fagin already had a heavy metal pot in his hand . |
| 3 | He looked around for a cab . |
| 4 | He looked around for an implement to use and although his eyes were by now accustomed to the gloom he could see nothing suitable . |
| 5 | I am safe here , he thought : and the thought was so rare , so violent in its unexpectedness , that he looked around like a villain in a melodrama to see if anyone had overheard this God-tempting thought . |
| 6 | He looked up with a flash of panic — but then he calmed and smiled . |
| 7 | He said softly as he looked up at a gull wheeling above coral roofs : ‘ Perhaps you would care to tell me instead where you have been since yesterday morning , and what has happened to you ? ’ |
| 8 | He looked up from a cloud of blue smoke . |
| 9 | Hours before he died , the King wrote to the woman he looked on as a mother |
| 10 | He looked back for a moment at the Minister 's procession stalled at the roadblock . |
| 11 | He looked down with a smile . |
| 12 | He looked about for a thing to waft with , saw nothing satisfactory , scowled and said , ‘ I suppose I 'll have to find a fan of some sort . ’ |