Example sentences of "looked at [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 She looked at her reflection in the wall-length mirror , lifting her chin .
2 Loretta took out her diary , and looked at her schedule for the week .
3 She looked at her watch for the fourth time in two minutes .
4 When she looked at her grandmother with the sharp eyes that Fenna could lend her , she would see that solid outline waver , dissolve , crumble .
5 She was twenty-five years old and still a virgin , and as she looked at her image in the mirror great tears welled up and spilled over as she relived Ace 's words .
6 She looked at her father over the top of her full plate .
7 Instead of bending over her , he knelt down and looked at her face through the bars .
8 Jake looked at his watch for the hundredth , maybe the five hundredth time .
9 Albert looked at his watch by the light of the empty television screen .
10 He looked at his watch in the firelight .
11 After he had put the phone down , he looked at his watch before the inevitable fingers pushed through his hair , forcing it back , and reached for his glasses , that magic movement that turned him back to Dr Rafaelo .
12 He handed the prints back to the picture editor and looked at his reflection in the dirty window to check the alignment of his snaffle-printed Hermes tie .
13 Whether , when he looked at his reflection in the mirror , he saw beyond the glass into that other place behind the eyes .
14 Jim Scott looked at his reflection in the mirror , studying his features .
15 He looked at his reflection in the window over the sink .
16 Ralph looked at his reflection in the mirror at the back of the bar and gently patted his toupee .
17 It was only when you looked at his score at the end of a round that you realised that somehow he was three under par .
18 I gripped the telephone tightly and looked at my face in the little oblong mirror of the kiosk and could not , for a moment , think of a single thing to say .
19 I looked at my face in the mirror .
20 I looked at my penny in the palm of my hand .
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