Example sentences of "looked [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Marian crossed to the stair and looked down into the chamber they had left .
2 Lord Hulton looked down at the animal which had just stopped breathing .
3 Rostov looked down at the hand which was holding his arm .
4 As he looked down at the body he used to love , he thanked God for letting him arrive in time .
5 As I held it , I knew if I looked over to the bed he 'd be there , hands behind his head , stealing , this time , an image of his widow .
6 She looked over at the man who , tall and straight , was standing in the large room watching her approach .
7 As he looked over at the stranger he suddenly became aware of someone else in the room .
8 Christina looked up at the sky which was an ominous navy blue .
9 But when she looked up at the sky she discovered that the star had gone .
10 Alice looked up at the lamp which was like an iron tarantula hanging from its web .
11 With staring , dilated eyes , Kelly looked up at the man who held her .
12 She let go of Adam 's arm and rose ; then looked up at the man who stood there .
13 Shaking violently in the intolerable hold of a passion as bitter as it was irresistible and torrid , she looked up at the man who had done this to her , his body before and above her , glistening and dark , darker still where it was shadowed with hair .
14 Peter looked up at the archway which reached a peak just above the level of the garage roofs .
15 If you looked up to the right there was just a green shoulder and endless sky , day after day blue .
16 He looked up from the menu he was studying and smiled suddenly .
17 Steve looked up from the menu he was drooling over and waited for her to go on .
18 He looked up from the document he was reading and his eyes lingered on her body before he sat back and raised his eyebrows quizzically , waiting for her to speak .
19 But just then Lisa looked up from the basket whose handle she was binding with ribbon , and laughed .
20 Kegan looked up from the paper he had been reading and looked a little hopefully at the faces in front of him .
21 She looked up from the tray she was laying — silver teapot and best china and thin bread and butter — and said , ‘ What 's up with you , Miss Down-In-The-Mouth ?
22 He looked up from the list he was making .
23 When she looked back at the window there was the face again ; but it was attempting now to smile .
24 As she walked out of the workshop , she looked back at the flat they had been painting .
25 When Tallis looked back at the leader he was slowly sitting up , reaching for his sword .
26 As I looked out of the window I noticed that frost was forming on cars .
27 Things seemed quiet enough , but it was an uneasy calm and in the late afternoon , there was a crump of a bomb and when I looked out of the window I saw a black pall of smoke in the distance .
28 In fact , unless you looked out of the window you would n't even know the ship was moving . ’
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