Example sentences of "looked [adv] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked nervously at the western sky , tumultuous with dark clouds that had so hastened the dusk that the first lamps were already being lit in the city 's archways and windows . |
| 2 | Dong looked doubtfully at the inadequate grave . |
| 3 | Jack looked doubtfully at the waxen face of his stepfather . |
| 4 | I looked doubtfully at the rickety structure of planks and corrugated iron . |
| 5 | Ingram looked doubtfully at the long table , rocking up and down like a lugger in a gale . |
| 6 | He looked doubtfully at the rain-filled skies . |
| 7 | Mr Stokill looked approvingly at the finished job . |
| 8 | He looked pointedly at the four-poster bed with its rumpled coverlet , then back at Sarella . |
| 9 | She looked pointedly at the front curve of his new olive-green Shetland jersey . |
| 10 | She looked pointedly at the busy hands . |
| 11 | Ellen caught my eye , looked down at the ridiculous leaflet , and suddenly we both began to laugh helplessly . |
| 12 | He looked down at the foul mess before him . |
| 13 | She looked down at the front fastenings , then her fingers shook as they fumbled to button the jacket correctly . |
| 14 | She nodded , as she looked down at the tiny poodle . |
| 15 | Sarah looked down at the sleeping infant and made some suitable comment , but her mind was occupied with Elizabeth 's obvious ill-health . |
| 16 | He looked down at the shining pate of the man behind the desk who was leafing through a file . |
| 17 | I looked down at the perfect rosebud lips , the determined chin and the tiny clenched fists of my cub . |
| 18 | He walked up to the pram and looked down at the young child . |
| 19 | Corbett looked down at the fearful remains of a young man who , the last time they had met , had been a vigorous young soldier interested in clearing his own name . |
| 20 | Shamlou looked down at the cowering woman in the hearth , the petrol-sodden gown clinging to her body . |
| 21 | She looked down at the broad flags of the terrace they were crossing . |
| 22 | he looked down at the two hands locked onto his arm and then at the small man hurrying on ahead , and realized that he still had his chaperons , and once again they were not of his own choosing … |
| 23 | He looked down at the other hand neatly folded in his lap . |
| 24 | I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head . |
| 25 | Robyn looked down at the black bin-liner in her hands , looked up to where he sat , registered the determined , quietly angry expression on his face and then looked at the fountain . |
| 26 | Lewis looked down at the uncarpeted floor-boards and put his note-book away . |
| 27 | He looked down at the yawning drop below . |
| 28 | Soon , the spaceship left Earth , and everyone looked down at the burning planet . |
| 29 | I looked down at the viscid mess and up to meet his dry smile . |
| 30 | She went over to it , her mouth dry , her pulses racing , and when she looked down at the cherubic child with bright golden hair she had to grip the arms for support . |