Example sentences of "looking [adv] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Louise gave an exclamation of displeasure , and Edouard rose to his feet , Grégoire remained absolutely still , looking down at the smashed cup . |
| 3 | " You know the one I mean , " Graham said , looking down at the blocked-off fireplace and snapping his fingers . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They both stood looking down at the poor sufferer , neither speaking . |
| 7 | She was looking down at the two children , her face animated as she turned the page of the book on her lap . |
| 8 | Shutting the door softly behind her , Theda tiptoed to the bed and stood looking down at the still figure in some alarm . |
| 9 | I stand up there in the pulpit every Sunday mornin' looking down at the upturned faces searchin' for yours , but in vain . |
| 10 | Jess shivered , looking down at the upturned faces that stared at her with idle curiosity . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She stood looking down at the tiny fireplace . |
| 13 | The others , grouped around him , stood in silence looking down at the stricken man . |
| 14 | He lifted her up on to the parapet of a little bridge , and she screamed , looking down at the dark water below . |
| 15 | She drew away to the balcony over the lobby , feeling incapable , looking down at the bawling men in dinner jackets far below and the women with stiff hair . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It must have been an automatic reaction because he was looking down at the motionless figure and shouting , ‘ Harriet ! ’ |
| 18 | David sat looking down at the empty wine glass that he was turning round and round between his hands . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm glad for you , ’ Jenna snapped , standing and looking down at the angry face . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's him , ’ said Sergeant Comstock , looking down at the slow rivulets of storm-water trickling down out of clothing and hair to wind their way thankfully through the grass back to the river . |
| 21 | Five minutes later they stood on the grassy bank looking down at the brown water . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Kathleen Lavender started and , looking down at the spreading carpet of white beads , felt that it must be her fault . |
| 25 | Tabitha Jute stood , swaying slightly , at the window of Marco Metz 's penthouse flat , looking down at the determined remnants of the Schiaparelli carnival . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Looking down at the dead man Wycliffe felt guilty because he was experiencing a sense of mild elation . |
| 28 | ‘ There is no dance house in London which is big enough for what we want to do , ’ she said , looking admiringly at the spacious stage area being laid out to the rear of the former Empire Theatre . |
| 29 | While much of the UK is looking gloomily at the dark clouds of a major recession , it seems poetic justice that for at least some of Belfast 's population , the future looks better than it has for many years . |
| 30 | The role of the non-executive : Of course , not all of a non-executive 's time is spent looking outwards at the wider world . |