Example sentences of "and looked [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember : the Government had set for the growth of earnings a guideline of five per cent ; and looked towards a long-term approach in which collective bargaining would be based each year on a broad agreement between Government , union and employers about the maximum level of earnings which would be compatible with keeping inflation under control in the following twelve months . |
| 2 | One afternoon I lay down and looked through a large attic skylight . |
| 3 | She shook her head and looked through the front window . |
| 4 | Henry went to the oven and looked through the grease-stained glass window . |
| 5 | So she lay on the floor and looked through the open door , into a beautiful garden with green trees and bright flowers . |
| 6 | When they reached the log they stopped side by side and looked across the narrow water towards him . |
| 7 | He read the letters interlaced with hearts ; he lit a cigarette , exhaled slowly , watching the smoke nudge across the roof until it found its way out into the sky through the circle in the roof like a full moon ; he lifted the door open , and looked across the olive grove . |
| 8 | She opened the door for Matthew and looked across the grey yard . |
| 9 | On reaching the top of the hill , Tess paused and looked for a long time at the familiar green world of home . |
| 10 | I recalled those days at school and looked for a sympathetic response . |
| 11 | When Stuart and I heard this we got up and looked for the nearest exit . |
| 12 | Something on the ground caught his eye and he bent down and looked at a small print in the soft earth . |
| 13 | Agrippa stopped and looked at a lonely bird shrieking above us as if it was a devil let loose to wander this lonely wilderness . |
| 14 | Nicholson turned and looked at the other man contemptuously . |
| 15 | He turned and looked at the slender woman cowering in her chair . |
| 16 | She turned and looked at the distant figure of Dorcas and her eyes narrowed . |
| 17 | He pulled out a bundle and looked at the first address , but he did n't recognise it . |
| 18 | Dada took the book from her and looked at the first page . |
| 19 | He stood up and looked at the following wagon . |
| 20 | She put the note to one side , and looked at the final message . |
| 21 | 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 ? |
| 22 | She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He lifted his binoculars and looked at the vertical column of smoke , now no more than four miles to the east . |
| 26 | I stopped and looked at the big house . |
| 27 | In any case , most City people put politics to one side and looked at the nascent company as a simple business proposition . |
| 28 | She turned over and looked at the illuminated dial of her alarm clock . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | Remembering a detail with sudden clarity , Charles knelt down and looked at the left-hand side of the front bumper . |