Example sentences of "looked [adv prt] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellen caught my eye , looked down at the ridiculous leaflet , and suddenly we both began to laugh helplessly . |
| 2 | He looked down at the foul mess before him . |
| 3 | She nodded , as she looked down at the tiny poodle . |
| 4 | Sarah looked down at the sleeping infant and made some suitable comment , but her mind was occupied with Elizabeth 's obvious ill-health . |
| 5 | He looked down at the shining pate of the man behind the desk who was leafing through a file . |
| 6 | I looked down at the perfect rosebud lips , the determined chin and the tiny clenched fists of my cub . |
| 7 | He walked up to the pram and looked down at the young child . |
| 8 | Shamlou looked down at the cowering woman in the hearth , the petrol-sodden gown clinging to her body . |
| 9 | He looked down at the other hand neatly folded in his lap . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He looked down at the yawning drop below . |
| 13 | Soon , the spaceship left Earth , and everyone looked down at the burning planet . |
| 14 | I looked down at the viscid mess and up to meet his dry smile . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Sophie looked down at the unconscious West Highland terrier and saw that his breathing was rapid and shallow . |
| 17 | Aunt Margaret looked down at the round top of Victoria 's head with warm and tender eyes , her birdy head cocked on one side . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She looked down at the white plastic loop that now bound her wrist to the brass rail on the table . |
| 20 | She looked down at the steaming plate . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The next morning , at breakfast , he looked down at the little girl sitting in her baby chair . |
| 23 | He looked down at the little bird beside him . |
| 24 | Then he looked down at the enormous cake . |
| 25 | She looked down at the darkened valley and the bright lights of the factory . |
| 26 | I lay on my bed with a computer magazine and , from time to time , went to the window and looked down at the darkened street . |
| 27 | Daniel looked down at the big paddle wheel on the side of the ship . |
| 28 | He went to the long table in the centre of the room and looked down at the detailed map spread out across its surface . |
| 29 | Yanto jumped on to a large flat rock , still trying to keep his boots dry , and looked down at the huge mud covered object . |
| 30 | His eyes met Rosten 's , bright with gratitude , then looked down at the short sword . |