Example sentences of "looked [prep] [pers pn] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Karr looked about him at the carnage , then turned , facing Ebert . |
| 2 | He looked about him at the decoration of the study . |
| 3 | She looked about her at the freshness of the morning , then laughed and , pulling her hair out of the tight bun she had secured it in to ride , shook her head . |
| 4 | Outside , she stood and looked about her at the maze of buildings . |
| 5 | As she followed Penry as quickly as she could she looked about her at the island with interest , curious to see what had lain behind a veil of sea mist and rain since her dramatic arrival . |
| 6 | She flashed the note around , proudly though covertly , and looked for him at the bus stop , but she could not look for him without some misgiving . |
| 7 | They looked for it at the hospital and at the police station . |
| 8 | He seemed a little tense , and looked past me at the bedroom door ; and I was reminded of that first day . |
| 9 | She looked behind her at the door of the courtroom . |
| 10 | She would know at once when the right people entered the from the moment she looked upon them at the top of the wide staircase . |
| 11 | But let me say here that that was just how it looked to me at the time ; that there was a nice logic to it , that Boy 's beginning matched O 's ending , that Boy 's first night was O's last , or it certainly would have been his last if Boy had not fallen into his arms . |
| 12 | Whitlock smiled at her then looked beyond her at the couple on the sofa . |
| 13 | Only now he was smiling as he looked around him at the chaos . |