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Example sentences of "[pron] look [adv prt] and [verb] [art] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Now and then , when the night sky is starless , I look up and form the hilarious suspicion that the world will soon start making sense .
2	I looked up and saw a big-ribbed canopy of light pink and white descending over me , and the next moment I felt myself drawn downward , feet first , and I realised that I was being swallowed by a whale .
3	Suddenly , there was a commotion at the door and I looked up and saw the skinny preacher walk in .
4	I looked up and saw the ghost of a frown .
5	I looked up and saw the moon had risen .
6	I looked in and had the biggest shock of my life .
7	I used to sleep in the same bed as my mother and father because of the shortage of space , but one morning I woke up in another room and I looked out and saw the undertaker standing at the top of the stairs .
8	As I struck northwards , climbing heavily towards Barbondale , I looked back and saw the river Lune cut like a golden scratch on the face of the earth leading towards Morecambe Bay , the far fells of the Lake District just visible through the afternoon light .
9	As I reached the end of the student union building I looked back and gave a little finger-wiggle .
10	I looked down and saw a giant freshwater prawn almost a foot long .
11	A little boy tugged at my skirt ; I looked down and saw a brown face with the sun on it , smiling .
12	At three o'clock , when I had scanned every crack in the ridge , every curve of every dune , every patch of colour on the plain , I looked down and saw an ant , crawling into the wind .
13	You know you look out and see the sunshine and the illusion of warmth cos you 're , we 're in the car .
14	Once she looked round and saw the driver standing , his back to her , leaning against the van .
15	Amazed , she looked around and saw the valley surrounding her , its garnet shadows scarfed by nacreous mist , but it was definitely lighter now .
16	She looked up and scanned the laboratory .
17	There was a shrieking in her ears , so vibratingly shrill that for an instant she thought it was the whole Glass Castle shivering to pieces — then she looked up and saw the Women sweeping down on them , screaming their war cry .
18	Even when she looked up and saw the half mortals approaching from the forest , she had n't the strength to be afraid .
19	She looked up and saw the high , gleaming shape of a Rolls-Royce double parked beside a taxi .
20	She looked back and saw the man stop dithering before the houses , and cross further up the street , just before the cars took over again .
21	Once on a hilltop the trees broke , and we looked back and saw a vast red light on the horizon .
22	He was over Charing Cross Road and well into the Square before some instinct of recognition made him look up and see the place which was still the jewel of London , the haven of fantasies , the last known post of security , the Crystal Rooms .
23	They looked back and saw the stag bound out of the wood .
24	With the rest of its length still inverted , it looks around and tests the air .
25	This enables anyone to look up and inspect the patent specification to determine its scope .
26	He was so involved in these thoughts that when the school finally loomed into view he failed to notice it and only when Tock poked him in the side did he look up and see the gigantic sight .
27	After a while his feet found a road , and he looked round and saw a house in the distance .
28	He looked round and saw the froth of white cotton in the corner , as pretty a cradle as any woman could want .
29	He looked round and saw the knife that had killed Basil Hallward .
30	He looked around and saw a great many faces all wearing the same expression , an expression stating that they were never going to be surprised by anything in history and that they had already had every thought that was ever going to be in his head .