Example sentences of "look [adv prt] at " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 SPURS boss Terry Venables looks down at controversial new skipper Neil Ruddock , sent off during Saturday 's 2-2 draw against Palace .
2 God looks down at this cooperative effort of man trying to make himself god-like , and sees it as the beginning of worse rebellion against him .
3 The laibon simply looks down at the floor of the boma .
4 She looks down at her shopping-and-memo list , to find a nearer focus .
5 He looks down at the fag packet and taps it round another couple of revolutions on the table .
6 He looks down at me .
7 [ He looks down at PAMELA . ]
8 She smiles slightly , and looks down at her hand as she runs a finger round the steel rim of the little marble-topped table .
9 Howard looks down at his plate , grinning , and pressing a few crumbs of cheese on to his fingers to nibble .
10 He looks down at the table , smiling , and draws a face by running his finger through a ring of beer .
11 Rather it looks down at the scarred and broken Christ figure as if to say , ‘ Why ?
12 If he looks down at his feet , his opponent will seize the opportunity to attack .
13 She looks down at the figure slumped in the chair , sees the skull under the frail skin which hangs loosely from the bone , at once tight and yet with too much of it , the bony fingers picking at the fringes of the rug .
14 Then she looks down at him and asks softly , ‘ Have you ever thought of trying Eastern therapies ? ’
15 Claire looks down at her brother .
16 These wide , panoramic views are usually extremely compatible , as Natassa combines views of two of the Tyne Bridges in one double shot ; looks down at the field pattern provided by the flagstones at the corner of the street ; looks back on-shore , from the water 's edge ; or concentres on old rotting timbers out to sea .
17 Sour old Mr Piggott , who had looked in at St Andrew 's , let fall an ejaculation quite unsuitable to its surroundings , and emerging from the vestry door , crunched purposefully and maliciously upon a piece of coke to relieve his feelings .
18 Cara nodded , and elatedly went on to tell them that she had heard , only that morning when she 'd looked in at her office to check her post before driving up to Cheltenham , that she 'd pulled off an interview with none other than Vendelin Gajdusek .
19 Have you ever been speaking to someone , perhaps an attractive member of the opposite sex , when , without thinking , you 've looked down at their mouth ?
20 She must have looked down at the dog , and seen the blood stain and the tear on his trouser .
21 She was reassured when he suddenly looked down at her and winked appreciatively .
22 looked down at her feet as she walked , finally admitted , a little ashamedly , that it was all true ; " I was wild , " she agreed in her slow , low voice , nodding , Graham felt a sort of ache then , as he had when Slater first told him ; he wanted to have known her then , to have been a part of her life during that time .
23 And , not quite sure how to take that , Ellie hastily looked down at the quilt the woman was folding .
24 Both looked down at her .
25 The way he 'd looked down at her breasts so suddenly in that lift … oh , God , it made her tremble with heat and excitement just to remember it .
26 I give a little laugh and Peter looks over at me and hits it again , harder this time .
27 I ask him if he 'll tell me the story again , but he just looks over at me and shakes his head .
28 Ali looks over at Lonnie with mischievous eyes .
29 A heron looks over at us .
30 Mr Farraday , however , simply looked up at me and said : ‘ I beg your pardon , Stevens ? ’
  Next page