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Example sentences of "looked [prep] [noun] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	He looked with distaste at the rotting timbers above them .
2	She opened the case and looked with dismay at the flimsy green silk nightdress lying on top of the matching gown .
3	Charity looked with disapproval at the solid wireless set in the corner of Mona 's otherwise Edwardian sitting-room .
4	Anyway , he added to himself , as he looked with pity at the little boy , it was asking for trouble , giving him such a daft name .
5	Ell looked with horror at the makeshift glider .
6	Bernice looked with dread at the far end of the passage .
7	He looked with relief at the pale yellow liquid frosting in the generous Julian glass .
8	He looked with displeasure at the frantic figure of his wife and said tersely to the housekeeper , ‘ Mrs McDougal , have you no smelling salts ?
9	Hughes looked in depth at a single thesis , to assess the extent to which the information content of the thesis was eventually published in the literature .
10	He looked in concern at the woebegone and bedraggled figures before him .
11	As he looked in astonishment at the strange find , the voice of Alice was in his head , telling stories of childhood .
12	The friar looked in surprise at the long , smoothly planed ash pole .
13	She broke off , flexed her empty hand and looked in surprise at the cold-beaded glass Belinda had silently taken from her .
14	Between March and July 1965 the Board looked in detail at the first six courses before it , conducted visits and pondered policy .
15	We 've never in the past looked in detail at the total work content to work out these time units , after all in the past , we 've known what the client wants , we 've been giving him it for years .
16	In fact erm , when I looked in detail at the written submission by the County Council , I found that er they ha th they said that they were placing emphasis on er on local factors .