Example sentences of "and look about " in BNC.
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| 1 | So as one goes down the stratigraphical column , if one leaves behind the spectacles of the specialist and looks about one with the wondering eyes of a child , one never ceases to be amazed at the diversity and yet the uniformity of it all . |
| 2 | There was another ant-hill nearby and he copied Dandelion , sitting upright on his hind legs and looking about him . |
| 3 | I 'll believe he loved me just a little at least , thought Fenella , sitting quite still on her horse and looking about her . |
| 4 | And I am not really sure of it at all , she thought , standing up and looking about her . |
| 5 | She was awake now , and looking about her in bewilderment . |
| 6 | Quiss said suddenly , sitting upright and looking about the room . |
| 7 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 8 | He was absolutely worshipped by all disinterested persons at G.Q.G. When he entered the hotel , tapping the floor with his stick and looking about him with the mischievous and bright glances of a boy , every one came up to him instinctively , only too pleased to see him . |
| 9 | ‘ Why ca n't you sit up and look about you ? ’ |
| 10 | It made him turn and look about him , noting the presence of each object in the room , questioning their function . |
| 11 | When I get out of my train at Victoria and look about me at the other two hundred — mostly strangers , not least so those whose names as early schoolfellows dawn on me when they disappeared , — I sometimes think that one or two of us ought to speak out instead of just voting and making a remark in the complaint book once or twice a year and writing to a newspaper less often . |
| 12 | Only then did he stand with his back to the fireplace and look about the room . |
| 13 | This was nothing to what came ten years later , no more than a mini-boom , but prices began to rise and estate agents to rub their hands and gird their loins and look about them . |
| 14 | ‘ At least you ought to show a bit of gratitude and look about you . ’ |
| 15 | If they feel that taxation is unfair , intelligent people take advantage of vastly improved financial communication and look about the world . |
| 16 | He watched her come into the room and look about her . |
| 17 | All he could do for the moment was to stand in the doorway and look about him . |
| 18 | Bragg and Morton went through the imposing portal of the Civil Engineers ' Hall , and looked about them . |
| 19 | Outside , she stood and looked about her at the maze of buildings . |
| 20 | Old Den turned the horse and looked about him in the yard . |
| 21 | Sometimes tourists wandered in off Longacre and looked about the hall of this famous British institution before he ushered them out . |
| 22 | The trainer sat up in his chair and looked about the table as if searching for something to throw at her . |
| 23 | Roddy shifted his eighteen-stone frame and looked about him . |
| 24 | Kelly paused and looked about her . |
| 25 | Meredith wrenched her gaze from the sad little scrap of paper and looked about her . |
| 26 | In the hall , she stopped and looked about her . |
| 27 | Craig made his way to the attic and looked about him , quickly assessing the situation . |
| 28 | After one or two tries , met by a nod or a non-committal noise from Archie , I gave up , and looked about me . |
| 29 | Guards met him , helped him out , standing back , their heads bowed , as he stretched his legs and looked about him . |
| 30 | She turned and looked about her , suddenly angered by the mess she had made — by her momentary lapse of control . |