Example sentences of "he looked at the [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 Again he looked at the telephone and lit the flame of the lighter .
2 parked behind , but then somebody else came and parked in front of him , and he was there and sort , you could see him looking you know , he looked at the driveway and he looked , he was looking in his rear view mirror and then he turned round and looked like this , then he looked at the front , and he was thinking my god I ca n't get out of here , and all of a sudden a little car comes up the road stops , goes beep , beep on the horn , wan na get in the drive , this bloke went ha , ha , ha , ha and he could n't do anything
3 Sometimes he looked at the clouds and wondered what percentage ashes they were .
4 He looked at the window and said , ‘ I 'll go to Nicosia tonight . ’
5 Words with which he hoped to defend himself against imagined conspiracies , actual confession , real Guilts , and words that would too explicitly , too protestingly deny too much of the substance of his own present thoughts as he looked at the girl and his own former behaviour with many , many more of her kind .
6 He looked at the girl and held out his hand , which she took and kept while he told his story .
7 He looked up at the sky and the sun blinded him , he looked at the river and the reflections of his disfigurement hurt him .
8 He looked at the Doctor and spat in his face .
9 So he took religion terribly seriously , but he believed in science and he looked at the Bible and said well what does this really mean ?
10 And he looked at the letter and he looked at that photograph and he thought , I ca n't .
11 He looked at the Lad and Taliesin thought the Lad nodded very slightly .
12 He looked at the audience and bit his lip .
13 After we went through the second door , Buff stood without moving and he looked at the trees and did n't say anything .
14 He looked at the Englishman and achieved a small smile .
15 ‘ The first time we went he looked at the dog and showed no interest .
16 He looked at the captain and said to my mother : ‘ His heart ca n't take much more of this .
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