Example sentences of "looked [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He all but bumped into the couple , but , just in time , he arrested his progress , drew back , seemed , for an instant , to seek for oxygen as if he had emerged from some physical deep of ocean , looked about him at the mundane world he had re-entered and then , with rapid dignity , collected himself . |
| 2 | Hammond looked about him at the bare white walls , then nodded . |
| 3 | Harry looked about him at the comfortable disorder of the place , which was not at all like the spick and span home Ann had made for him . |
| 4 | Carrie looked about her at the crackling fire and a fair semblance of tidiness in the kitchen . |
| 5 | You looked for him in the Green Room , but found only his jacket . |
| 6 | They looked for it inside the white car . |
| 7 | ‘ A lot of people looked for you for a long time . |
| 8 | The probation found a little stray dog called Benjy for me and I looked after him for a little while , but my money kept on going down and down and down . |
| 9 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 10 | Basha looked after him in the small village . |
| 11 | My father looked after me on the long journey home , and sat with me for every minute . |
| 12 | Her pulses racing , she looked past him to the dizzy drop through the hole in the cliff , to the sea below . |
| 13 | She looked round her with a surprised air . |
| 14 | Blanche looked round her at the wallpapered walls and the flounced pink curtains and said , ‘ How very nice . |
| 15 | She looked round her at the luxurious suite and shuddered . |
| 16 | Emmie only minded because sometimes when Marjorie came in she looked round her in a funny way , sharp and frowning and asked Dad if Mrs Hellyer could n't come more often . |
| 17 | Michael looked from him to the offending cigarette and back again , then reluctantly stubbed it out . |
| 18 | Ella looked upon them with a kindly eye . |
| 19 | Their mothers and sisters looked upon them in a new way , because until now they had been sons and brothers , but were from that day to be turned into men by the strictest mistress of all . |
| 20 | ‘ Criminals far more vicious than Nicholas Dodman looked upon him as an easy target to provide an outlet for their criminal activities , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ Criminals far more vicious than Nicholas Dodman looked upon him as an easy target to provide an outlet for their criminal activities , ’ he said . |
| 22 | The Bishop and the Archdeacon were old and wily but not too well-informed ; Spruce , on the other hand , looked to her like an intelligent adversary . |
| 23 | Maybe so , but the old castle looked to me like a Victorian Gothic lighthouse , looking over the lake . |
| 24 | Many looked on it as a long-term investment. , with over a quarter planning to hold on to their savings for more than 10 years . |
| 25 | Evelyn looked at her for a long moment . |
| 26 | He looked at her for a long moment , puffing on his seisha , then spoke for the first time . |
| 27 | He looked at her for a long , silent moment , and Merrill dragged her gaze away with difficulty , maddened by her erratic heartbeat . |
| 28 | Mr Braybrooke looked at her for a long moment . |
| 29 | He looked at her for a long moment , and then he walked slowly towards her . |
| 30 | He looked at her for a long moment , and then he reached out and slid his hand under her hair , around the nape of her neck . |