Example sentences of "she looked [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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31 She looked over at the man who , tall and straight , was standing in the large room watching her approach .
32 She looked over at the pile of burned clothing she had shed like a snake 's skin , and shuddered .
33 Pulling herself away , she looked over at the filing cabinets against one wall .
34 She looked over at the UK block as she ran past and the place just erupted , ’ Stoy Hayward 's Olympic hockey player Don Williams told ACCOUNTANCY .
35 She looked again at the hopper 's clock .
36 She looked again at the bottle , standing like a soldier on the wooden bench .
37 As she looked again at the faces of her family she was ready to burst into tears and almost did so but Erika , moving lightly into the kitchen , said : ‘ Fräulein Silber thinks that I should stay with her next week . ’
38 She looked again at the picture : really , Hilda was quite a pretty woman in her way , if your tastes inclined you to that sort of good looks .
39 She looked slyly at the children and laughed when they laughed .
40 Roman drove steadily over the causeway and she looked apprehensively at the expanse of sea on either side .
41 She looked pleadingly at the man in overalls as if he might step in and save her .
42 She looked stupidly at the telephone .
43 She looked out at the road ahead .
44 She looked out at the moonlight in the well-filled pool and her brain was racing .
45 The resemblance was there , not so much in looks but in the way she held herself , the way she looked out at the world with that little smile that dared anyone to try and touch her , he thought , remembering .
46 As she paced , unaware of the picture she presented of extreme agitation , she looked only at the ground , and so did not know that she was observed .
47 She looked across at the scene as once again the actress ran and fell and the gunmen rose from the car wrecks where the nudes lay or sat reading aloud .
48 She looked across at the film star , not with a great deal of pity .
49 She looked disapprovingly at the cluster of purple flowers amid the handfuls of green-grey leaves .
50 She looked longingly at the shower , but was forced to admit that for the moment she was n't agile enough to use it .
51 She looked longingly at the keg , then with a casual twitch of her head added : ‘ I 'll see to that brandy while I 'm waiting , ’ and slipped out to the passage and the cellar door .
52 Turning the back-door key , she looked longingly at the lavatory door .
53 Sarah collected some mugs from a cupboard and set them down close to the coffee maker ; she looked impatiently at the level of coffee in the jug , as if the slowness of the process was a familiar annoyance .
54 She looked pointedly at the stairs behind him , and he gave her a thorough scrutiny , as though trying to work out exactly what was on her mind .
55 She looked down at the roses .
56 She looked down at the ice as she spoke .
57 She looked down at the xerox and shook her head .
58 She 'd removed her ripped stockings earlier and now , as she looked down at the patchwork of scratches and grazes , she was relieved that there had n't been more damage .
59 She looked down at the notes on the small side table , and then pulled off her wore framed pince-nez .
60 She looked down at the computer screen .
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