Example sentences of "looking [adv prt] 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 | 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 . |
| 10 | She lay back , looking up at the little discoloured ceiling . |
| 11 | ‘ Wing , ’ said Angalo , looking up at the feathery grey bodies looming over him . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But now , looking out at the gusty darkening waste , she did remember . |
| 14 | 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 ! ) . |
| 15 | Instead , she went to the window and stood looking out at the vast starry sky . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | As he reached the landing he paused , looking around at the five closed doors that faced him . |
| 19 | 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 . |