Example sentences of "looking [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While tearing out the old central heating and installing new , they had daringly put in new patio windows looking on to the rear garden ( where they had done away with mouldy flowerbeds full of Michaelmas daisies and had built a tiled area complete with ornamental pool and a lion 's head which dripped water into the pool ) , as well as redecorating most of the house in a lighter , more ‘ eighties ’ , way . |
| 2 | Behind her , Nahum was looking on with an unsmiling face . |
| 3 | The accepted reason for the inflation of this fish is as a reaction against threat , and indeed , looking rather like a spiny conker with eyeballs , a fully inflated Puffer is a fearsome sight . |
| 4 | We found the nest derelict after the last bad weather , the hedgehog dead and deflated , looking rather like a cheap toupee among the leaves . |
| 5 | Gastropods of this type are characterized by strong ribs produced into spines , a long aperture , and relatively low spire looking rather like a Mayan pyramid . |
| 6 | Looking rather like a small jigsaw , the green-bodied machine weighs only 1.1kg , not significantly more than manual tackers . |
| 7 | The typhoon shelters at Aberdeen and Mong Kok start to fill with craft , their prudent masters and owners looking uneasily at the eastern sky as it blackens and darkens , and as the wind begins to sing in the telephone wires , the unsecured edges of roofs begin to flap and creak , and the streets are busy with flying litter , and dust . |
| 8 | Midnight was looking thoughtfully after the receding figure . |
| 9 | When father and son were alone David stood warming his hands at the brazier , and looking down with a clouded face into the red glow . |
| 10 | On the relief the girl Athena , without aegis or shield ( she is shown now even without helmet , or with it in her hand ) leans on her spear , hand on hip , looking down at a small stele . |
| 11 | Louise gave an exclamation of displeasure , and Edouard rose to his feet , Grégoire remained absolutely still , looking down at the smashed cup . |
| 12 | " You know the one I mean , " Graham said , looking down at the blocked-off fireplace and snapping his fingers . |
| 13 | But today Tilda was alone , looking down at the slanting angle of the decks as the cables gave or tightened , the passive shoreline , the secret water . |
| 14 | She walked one last time down the rickety boardwalk in front of the cabins , and stood for a long time looking down at the sleeping lodge , the moody lake beyond it . |
| 15 | They both stood looking down at the poor sufferer , neither speaking . |
| 16 | Shutting the door softly behind her , Theda tiptoed to the bed and stood looking down at the still figure in some alarm . |
| 17 | Li Yuan stood with his father at the centre of the viewing circle , looking down at the great globe of Chung Kuo , one hundred and sixty thousand li below . |
| 18 | She stood looking down at the tiny fireplace . |
| 19 | The others , grouped around him , stood in silence looking down at the stricken man . |
| 20 | He lifted her up on to the parapet of a little bridge , and she screamed , looking down at the dark water below . |
| 21 | Now the police , the ambulance crews , the crowd , the reporter , were approaching the pit , looking down at the grey shard that was all that was left of the Kershaw Worm . |
| 22 | It must have been an automatic reaction because he was looking down at the motionless figure and shouting , ‘ Harriet ! ’ |
| 23 | David sat looking down at the empty wine glass that he was turning round and round between his hands . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm glad for you , ’ Jenna snapped , standing and looking down at the angry face . |
| 25 | Five minutes later they stood on the grassy bank looking down at the brown water . |
| 26 | ‘ Certainly , miss , ’ said Bob , looking down at the brown paper parcel and the little box that Charlie had left on the floor by his side . |
| 27 | He shook his own head sadly , regretting past days , looking down at the limp form of Midnight sleeping stretched out on his stomach on the patched-up bed of hay and horse blankets . |
| 28 | Kathleen Lavender started and , looking down at the spreading carpet of white beads , felt that it must be her fault . |
| 29 | And , looking down at the still-outstretched arm , the glazed and open eyes , the great scarlet pool soaking into the earth , she knew that it was a body , that he had gone for ever , that there was nothing she need fear from him ever again . |
| 30 | Looking down at the dead man Wycliffe felt guilty because he was experiencing a sense of mild elation . |