Example sentences of "she looked at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she took the child by the hand and walked her to the settle , and when they were seated she looked at the small figure by her side , at the hair , like a golden halo round the oval face , and the limpid grey eyes gazing so trustfully at her . |
| 2 | She looked at the small key on the table , then dropped that into the envelope with the note . |
| 3 | As she looked at the tiny bundle she said drily : ‘ Thank goodness he has n't got ears like his father . ’ |
| 4 | And her eyes too shone as she looked at the two men sitting there . |
| 5 | Turning her head slightly she looked at the cut-glass decanter on the bedside table — it was a little less than half full , which meant that she had drunk three … no , four glasses of whisky at some time during the night . |
| 6 | Swinging round in surprise , she looked at the elderly man who had spoken . |
| 7 | She looked at the strong hand as it shifted gears and continued resting on the lever . |
| 8 | As they sat together on the grass , she looked at the tumbling waters of the beck and told him how Maria had slipped on the stepping-stones , down by the farm . |
| 9 | She looked at the insignificant scorch marks on its cover and said , ‘ This would n't have been necessary if you had n't been so cagey with me . |
| 10 | She looked at the second photo : the person in this one seemed to be dead too . |
| 11 | She looked at the healthy gloss of black hair springing from a widow 's peak , the thickly lashed eyes under winged brows , the mouth that could be austere and cruel but was now warm and sensuous , and said thickly , ‘ Perhaps we could go into the garden ? ’ |
| 12 | She looked at the narrow flight of stone stairs leading to the upper floors , and knew that wild horses would n't drag her up them . |
| 13 | She looked at the young man , Clive . |
| 14 | Jessamy allowed her voice to become deliberately sympathetic as she looked at the older woman . |
| 15 | She looked at the burnt-out hopper and the forest savaged by the cataclysmic explosion . |
| 16 | She looked at the cracked face of her cheap wristwatch and swallowed nervously . |
| 17 | She looked at the old man . |
| 18 | She looked at the few cigarettes left in her pack and then impulsively threw them all out of the window . |
| 19 | Benny stumbled from time to time , and became tongue-tied when she looked at the handsome boy sitting beside them . |
| 20 | She looked at the handsome features framed by thick , straight dark hair , and into a pair of brown eyes set beneath dark brows . |
| 21 | She used Peter 's knife to cut off the boot , then she looked at the broken leg . |
| 22 | She looked at the arid ground and thought of the green of their garden and the neatness of the flowers in their window-boxes . |
| 23 | She looked at the stiff carnations from Carlo San Lorenzo . |
| 24 | She looked at the rigid contours of his face and wanted to run , but her feet felt like lead weights . |
| 25 | She looked at the pretty fountain again and gave a small sigh . |
| 26 | She looked at the empty tables . |
| 27 | And then she looked at the empty stairway beside her . |
| 28 | She looked at the cold cup of coffee on the table , and left it there while she went in to shower and put on some clothes , shorts and a T-shirt and tennis shoes . |
| 29 | She looked at the crumpled figure who was fighting for breath on the pillow , perspiration pouring down his anguished face . |
| 30 | Lucy , all this time , was still sitting on the verandah surrounded by her cartridge-making tools and weeping bitterly as she looked at the neat rows of cartridges she had made and which were no longer needed . |