Example sentences of "looked [adv prt] [adv] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He looked down angrily at the man who had been so uselessly injured .
2 She looked down miserably at the table-top ; then looked up again as Morse elaborated :
3 She looked up eagerly at the sound of footsteps , but then , as she saw the two women , with an almost human expression of disappointment she turned her head away and with a heavy sigh lowered her head to her paws .
4 The aide-de-camp was quietly providing a running translation of the senator 's remarks and the governor looked up sharply at the mention of the word " independence . "
5 He looked up sharply at the sound of the door — Again ? he thought disbelievingly , and he winced as the movement aggravated the mild headache that he 'd brought home with him .
6 He looked up suddenly at a noise .
7 Montgomery looked up gratefully at the sound of rattling cups .
8 Cardiff looked up then at the Constable , still dabbing at a fresh nosebleed with his now-crimson handkerchief .
9 She looked back briefly at the house behind her , low and grey with its long eighteenth-century windows and its sheltering clumps of trees , then she picked up her skirts and began to run up the slope towards the sea .
10 Spatz looked aside , then looked back up at the Marshal , choosing his words carefully .
11 Lever looked back up at the screen , watching the young T'ang step down into the darkness .
12 He looked back down at the map again .
13 The T'ang looked back down at the folder and at the summary Shepherd had appended to the front of his report .
14 Sighing , Cowley looked back down at the operation .
15 One of them , a tall Hung Mao sat apart from the rest , looked up as the three men approached , then , with the vaguest movement of his head to indicate that they should go on up , looked back down at the rifle in his lap , continuing his meticulous inspection of the weapon .
16 He sighed and looked back down at the page before closing the book .
17 As the commentator began to analyse the Yankees ' seasonal batting averages Graham looked around slowly at the tranquillity of his surroundings .
18 He looked around briefly at the women with the scraggy necks in the Laura Ashley dresses , and the men who all seemed to be wearing red ties , and probably Seiko watches — but for a different reason from Bob .
19 Several more ladies looked round sharply at the tea table , as Mrs Frizzell tried to snatch her purchases back .
20 The man looked round sharply at the figure who had emerged silently from inside the bar .
21 Kolchinsky looked round sharply at the face peering through the open passenger-door window .
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