Example sentences of "look into [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 He bent and scooped up the bike , wheeling it along with them , and Jenna became aware of other eyes besides the dark ones that had looked into her own .
2 He had looked into her eyes too often , told her that he loved her too many times for her ever to believe him again .
3 She should have left Rome as she 'd planned , she should never have looked into her heart and discovered a truth that could destroy her .
4 His voice was calm and friendly , and Shelley was feeling happy because she had seen Miguelito again , and he had looked into her eyes when he asked ‘ Me quieres ? ’
5 Before 1988 , people facing deportation could have appealed to an ‘ independent Adjudicator ’ or an Immigration Officer who would have looked into their cases , including any compassionate circumstances , and could stop the Home Office from deporting them .
6 He had got Sir Geoffrey 's note when he 'd looked into his own office at lunchtime .
7 She was n't hungry — her appetite had disappeared during the long moments she had looked into his amber eyes .
8 During the 1970s Lima had at least four times been the object of investigations by parliamentary commissions which had looked into his connections , as a member of local government , with the local construction sector in the 1960s .
9 Shiona had looked into his face with a stab of emotion , and just for a moment had been unable to speak .
10 The first night he looks into her bower , the second night he bends over her , and the third night he can not resist kissing her .
11 Phillario goes on to denounce Mira 's shape as so many mountains , and then looks into her mouth :
12 He leans down and looks into my eyes .
13 The boy looks into my face , wondering what to say next .
14 He stops beside the kerb and looks into my face as if he has seen something there he never saw before .
15 But , looking into her face , it did n't seem as if her years of freedom had been particularly kind to her .
16 He stopped again and , taking her firmly now by the arm , pulled her into a shop doorway and , looking into her eyes , he said , ‘ If it was n't for leaving you I 'd be glad to go , and … and I thought you 'd be proud of me going . ’
17 Looking into her troubled face , Benjamin placed his hand gently on her arm .
18 Looking into her frightened eyes , he could n't help being reminded of a leveret he had once caught as a boy .
19 But it was not a dream : she heard her own voice making promises to worship João with her body and to be faithful to him unto death ; she felt the ring being pushed onto her finger , and found herself looking into her husband 's melting eyes .
20 A young man , looking into her eyes .
21 Looking into her face he repeated her words on a long drawn-out breath .
22 Looking into her churning heart as she stood there that night , she knew she felt an affection for the man opposite and believed he had some affection for her .
23 Often as they talked he kept his gaze on her face , looking into her eyes , and as she stood with her hands on the handlebars of her bicycle his hand often covered hers as though by accident .
24 He had played his part so well throughout the day , holding her hand as they had strolled along the beach , looking into her eyes in that way that made her bones melt .
25 He was still looking into her eyes and his mouth found her parted lips .
26 Looking into her great eyes , their blue so dark that it was almost black , he was uncomfortably aware that having Miss Sally-Anne McAllister in the house was a most disturbing influence on a man who had not only denied himself sexually for some years , but who had rarely mixed with young women at all since he had left the army .
27 ‘ You 've solved every problem , ’ he assured her deeply , looking into her eyes .
28 ‘ Do n't you think I tried ? ’ he asked quietly , looking into her eyes .
29 Leaning up on one arm , not touching her , just looking into her face , he began quietly , ‘ Up until I was thirty , with a few exceptions , I thought I had everything I wanted , needed .
30 He moved along , apparently looking into her companions ' minds .
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