Example sentences of "looking [prep] [pers pn] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this time Marcus was standing , now more upright , looking about him at the various speakers , with an interested air . |
| 2 | Tuan Ti Fo turned , looking about him at the simple order of his room . |
| 3 | Looking about him at the great press of people , the escalator that was a river of people flowing on and on , the crowds that streamed down the stairs so that if a train was held up there would be room for no more to squeeze on to the platform , he wondered why a terrorist group had never thought of putting a bomb in the tube . |
| 4 | He glanced back at her , then turned away , looking about him at the cluttered floor , the smoke-blackened walls , the broken ceiling of the room he was in . |
| 5 | He turned away , looking round him at the great nest of screens and machinery . |
| 6 | ‘ Sit down , sit down , ’ said Owen hurriedly , looking around him at the crowded cafe . |