Example sentences of "looked [adv prt] at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holly stood beside a poorly dug hole and he looked down at a T-shaped junction of pipes and saw that the screw-fastened aperture that gave access to the pipe join and its subsidiary were swathed in doth and knotted around in plastic sheeting . |
| 2 | Dazed , I looked down at a little girl with wide , solemn eyes . |
| 3 | Ellen caught my eye , looked down at the ridiculous leaflet , and suddenly we both began to laugh helplessly . |
| 4 | He looked down at the foul mess before him . |
| 5 | She looked down at the front fastenings , then her fingers shook as they fumbled to button the jacket correctly . |
| 6 | She nodded , as she looked down at the tiny poodle . |
| 7 | Sarah looked down at the sleeping infant and made some suitable comment , but her mind was occupied with Elizabeth 's obvious ill-health . |
| 8 | He looked down at the shining pate of the man behind the desk who was leafing through a file . |
| 9 | I looked down at the perfect rosebud lips , the determined chin and the tiny clenched fists of my cub . |
| 10 | He walked up to the pram and looked down at the young child . |
| 11 | Corbett looked down at the fearful remains of a young man who , the last time they had met , had been a vigorous young soldier interested in clearing his own name . |
| 12 | Shamlou looked down at the cowering woman in the hearth , the petrol-sodden gown clinging to her body . |
| 13 | She looked down at the broad flags of the terrace they were crossing . |
| 14 | he looked down at the two hands locked onto his arm and then at the small man hurrying on ahead , and realized that he still had his chaperons , and once again they were not of his own choosing … |
| 15 | He looked down at the other hand neatly folded in his lap . |
| 16 | I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head . |
| 17 | Robyn looked down at the black bin-liner in her hands , looked up to where he sat , registered the determined , quietly angry expression on his face and then looked at the fountain . |
| 18 | Lewis looked down at the uncarpeted floor-boards and put his note-book away . |
| 19 | He looked down at the yawning drop below . |
| 20 | Soon , the spaceship left Earth , and everyone looked down at the burning planet . |
| 21 | I looked down at the viscid mess and up to meet his dry smile . |
| 22 | She went over to it , her mouth dry , her pulses racing , and when she looked down at the cherubic child with bright golden hair she had to grip the arms for support . |
| 23 | Sophie looked down at the unconscious West Highland terrier and saw that his breathing was rapid and shallow . |
| 24 | Aunt Margaret looked down at the round top of Victoria 's head with warm and tender eyes , her birdy head cocked on one side . |
| 25 | Morse looked at her : looked at the piled-up hair above her wistful face ; looked down at the full and observably bra-less bosom ; looked down at the taut stretch of black stocking between the knee and the thigh of her crossed right leg . |
| 26 | She looked down at the white plastic loop that now bound her wrist to the brass rail on the table . |
| 27 | She looked down at the steaming plate . |
| 28 | Then the thought eddied away again out of the grasp of his mind ; he looked down at the subservient curve of the boy 's back , found his rhythm again , pumped , and came . |
| 29 | The next morning , at breakfast , he looked down at the little girl sitting in her baby chair . |
| 30 | He looked down at the little bird beside him . |