Example sentences of "and look in " in BNC.

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1 The Science Museum set comes from the Guildford Grammar School , and looks in remarkably good order .
2 As well as looking up and looking in , the leader needs to look out .
3 The woman turned round and saw that the red crow was perched on the balustrade , flapping its wings like a man trying to keep warm and looking in at them , its head cocked to one side .
4 For George Eliot , as for Dickens in the case of Chesney Wold , to stand outside and look in is to perceive a perfect picture ; to stand within and look out is to experience a moral chill .
5 ‘ If you hang it in the kitchen , ’ Betty said , ‘ the gamekeeper might pass and look in and then you 'll be in trouble . ’
6 and they want to stop and look in
7 Maybe I 'd best push off home and look in again tomorrow . ’
8 My left foot ledged on the hinge , and look in at the byre 's
9 ‘ Oh , ’ said McAllister demurely , ‘ he may organise us and look in occasionally , but he does not exactly take part , you know . ’
10 If she had taken the jeep , she knew she would have been tempted to drive it to the beach and look in at Pepe 's .
11 He opened the door and looked in .
12 McLeish stopped at the door of the interview room and looked in through the spy-hole , wanting to get some feel for the evidently hostile and , by all accounts , neurotic Penelope Huntley .
13 So when I went creaking up the winding back staircase to the two attics and looked in through their respective doors ( ‘ Do n't touch , dear …
14 The boys lined up in the corridor by the glass office and looked in to see who was up against the rod .
15 Alec paused in the hall and looked in .
16 They pulled up , suddenly cautious , and looked in .
17 He approached , and looked in at the boy .
18 She came round the side of the house and looked in at the bay window .
19 When there was no answer , he turned the handle and looked in .
20 That evening , knowing that David was dining out , Anthony came home in time to have dinner with Comfort and looked in to talk to Julia before changing out of his hospital clothes .
21 I got to the door and looked in , but all was dark and I could see nothing .
22 He lay down and looked in .
23 And looked in .
24 Silently , as though she really were a ghost , Cassie pushed open the door to the sitting room and looked in .
25 He pushed it gently open and looked in .
26 There was something savoury cooking in the oven , and once or twice Cissie came over , opened the oven door and looked in .
27 We reached the door and looked in .
28 Clare opened the door quietly and looked in .
29 She made her escape from the table , boiled the kettle and looked in on the children .
30 She opened the rear door and looked in as though looking for something she had mislaid .
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