Example sentences of "looking [adv] at the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were looking down at the new Japanese car factory , Sakata , which had just opened in Humberside . |
| 2 | Mary found herself looking down at the small dapper figure of Sidney Watkins , manager of the Berkeley Chase for the last ten years . |
| 3 | Looking down at the long fair hair flowing over her shoulders , at the skimpy dress , the unlived-in face , he felt immeasurably old for not wanting to sweep her off there and then and make passionate love to her . |
| 4 | Looking down at the pathetic little body lying so still on the table , she said , ‘ I 'd better leave him like this for Dawn to see . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , she 's exquisite , ’ Ruth breathed ecstatically , looking down at the little dark-haired mite swaddled in a delicate white lace shawl , ‘ absolutely lovely . ’ |
| 6 | She felt cold , and folded her arms across her chest as she walked slowly back to the house , looking down at the bloodstained front step . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , speak of him , ’ said Llewelyn , looking down at the heavy ashen head that lay so still upon his arm . |
| 8 | We stand outside the Glass House for a moment , looking in at the dense green leaves pressing against the panes . |
| 9 | The important point to note as a summary here , is that the algorithms suggested for solving 30 out of 36 errors , would find the correct ( i.e. intended ) word by looking only at the top ranked candidate string , which neatly solves the problem described earlier of what to choose as a starting point for possible error correction , and avoids the potentially explosive situations . |
| 10 | Reaching the shed , I stepped over several mounds of brick and other rubble and went inside , looking carefully at the wet streaked brick walls searching for anything that could be identifiable with the depot . |
| 11 | She leaned on the files , making her sleeves grey with dust , looking up at the pale blue patches appearing and disappearing above the rooftops outside the window . |
| 12 | She lay back , looking up at the little discoloured ceiling . |
| 13 | ‘ Wing , ’ said Angalo , looking up at the feathery grey bodies looming over him . |
| 14 | Maybe in forty years time , people will be looking back at the good old days of the Nineties to see which rising stars started their careers playing North-East venues . |
| 15 | Looking intermittently at the so-called colonial art of Latin America in churches , museums , private collections and books , I became magnetised by the figures of angels . |
| 16 | The board flickered for a second or two , then slowly faded until it was gone , and Quiss was left sitting looking angrily at the small wooden table . |
| 17 | But now , looking out at the gusty darkening waste , she did remember . |
| 18 | Now I find I 'm getting " inspired top-off-the-brain " signals and ideas while travelling in an aeroplane — at the window and looking out at the snowy cotton-wool cloud land ( no artificial stimulants ! ) . |
| 19 | Instead , she went to the window and stood looking out at the vast starry sky . |
| 20 | The next day , some well-planted flowers and a nippy little spider that jumped quite considerable chasms to get to where it wanted to go showed me that juice was still to be had for Life and , quite soon after , I found bits of myself on a train looking out at the curious modern mixture of silver birch trees growing on slag heaps . |
| 21 | I missed my dad more than ever as I went into the house , ahead of the others , and climbed the drab stairs to lie on my bed , looking out at the bright blue sky above the street . |
| 22 | As he reached the landing he paused , looking around at the five closed doors that faced him . |
| 23 | Anne asked , looking curiously at the tall black ribbed bottle . |
| 24 | Looking round at the bare orderly room , the chairs pushed in beneath each desk , each typewriter shrouded in its plastic cover , I felt singularly bereft . |
| 25 | Looking specifically at the mid-range commercial systems marketplace , Wendler believes that by 1995 , users are likely to reach a point where the cost of implementing open systems will be less than to carry on as they are . |