Example sentences of "looked out [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carefully , he straightened and looked out through the fluted glass in the upper part of the door . |
| 2 | They looked out through the grimy windows and shook their heads . |
| 3 | I looked out of the wind-shaken carriage , where people were moaning and cursing and making vows to start going by bus , or take the car next time , or buy a car , or learn to drive … looked out through the rain-spattered sheets of glass , watching the cold January day leach out of the grey skies above the drenched city , and witnessed the rain fall upon the tramped-on , pissed-on , shat-on grass of the narrow path in the scrubby field with a feeling of wry but nevertheless wretched empathy . |
| 4 | He looked out through the open shutters at the grey January sky over the strait , where the islands had vanished in frosty mist . |
| 5 | She looked out through the big picture window and across the manicured lawn and down towards the ponds and away towards the line of birches at the bottom of the garden . |
| 6 | As he looked out over the familiar landscape that spring day , the poetic miracles which had begun in the lime-tree bower were coming to an end . |
| 7 | I got up and , sitting at my window , looked out over the still-sleeping city , and wrote my first poem to this unknown god : |
| 8 | Finally we sat in the hide open to the general public and looked out over the wide expanse of water at Low Ellers . |
| 9 | Then , as now , it looked out over the broad creek and the gunmetal-coloured mud with the eaten-looking wreck of an old fishing boat sticking out of it . |
| 10 | It took Quiss longer than he had expected to get to the castle kitchens ; they 'd changed some of the corridors and stairways en route from the games room to the lower levels , and Quiss , taking what he thought was the usual way , had found himself making an unexpected left turn and coming to a windy , deserted , echoing chamber which looked out over the white landscape to the tall wooden towers of the slate mines . |
| 11 | ‘ God , I hope so , ’ Whitlock said then got to his feet and moved to the balcony where he looked out over the illuminated New York skyline . |
| 12 | ‘ When we pulled out of Jaffa , I stood on the stern and looked out over the old city , ’ he said . |
| 13 | She looked out over the northern part of the lake to Burtness Wood , where the rain on the leaves made a sound she loved . |
| 14 | She stood up , stretched , then moved to the window and looked out over the busy concourse . |
| 15 | ‘ Of course I have , ’ she answered , her gaze unconsciously wistful as she looked out over the smooth water of the lake . |
| 16 | We eventually picked a hotel which looked out over the main square and settled down in the bar . |
| 17 | Jack went to the front window of the lounge and looked out between the net curtaining . |
| 18 | He went to the window , where the daylight was already fading , and looked out between the vertical louvres of the blind . |
| 19 | He had to move slowly , carefully on the stairs because , for a brief moment , he was in full sight of the soldiers through the big plate glass window that looked out onto the narrow quay . |
| 20 | She walked to the window and looked out into the dull afternoon light . |
| 21 | A CD of Dire Straits ' greatest hits she 'd found in the apartment matched her mood as she looked out into the dark night , lit only by the dramatic outside lighting of the gardens . |
| 22 | She looked out into the icy darkness . |
| 23 | And what a month it 's been , ’ mused Breeze , and she made a peep-hole too , and looked out at the sodden fields where leggy lambs were standing in groups , obviously wondering what had become of the lovely sunshine their mothers had told them about . |
| 24 | When he had finished , Bicker strode to the window and looked out at the tumbled clouds of the late day and the gathering darkness of the deserted hills . |
| 25 | Tom stood up and looked out at the freshly-weeded graveyard . |
| 26 | Elisabeth knelt on the window-seat and looked out at the ancient trees through the columns of the colonnade . |
| 27 | He walked over to the window and looked out at the falling snow . |
| 28 | She rose and went to the window , still in the half-real state induced by daytime sleeping , and looked out at the darkening world where the yellow glow of a lamp in the yard showed Jem was milking . |
| 29 | He looked out at the green fields and trees . |
| 30 | She looked out at the still-alive party . |