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 other hand neatly folded in his lap .
15 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 .
16 Lewis looked down at the uncarpeted floor-boards and put his note-book away .
17 He looked down at the yawning drop below .
18 Soon , the spaceship left Earth , and everyone looked down at the burning planet .
19 I looked down at the viscid mess and up to meet his dry smile .
20 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 .
21 Sophie looked down at the unconscious West Highland terrier and saw that his breathing was rapid and shallow .
22 Aunt Margaret looked down at the round top of Victoria 's head with warm and tender eyes , her birdy head cocked on one side .
23 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 .
24 She looked down at the white plastic loop that now bound her wrist to the brass rail on the table .
25 She looked down at the steaming plate .
26 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 .
27 The next morning , at breakfast , he looked down at the little girl sitting in her baby chair .
28 He looked down at the little bird beside him .
29 He looked down at the drenched figures of the boy and dog .
30 I looked down at the pretty patterns that streets do n't know they make .
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