Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] look [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I floated on my back looking up at the puffs of white cloud dotted about the blue sky . |
| 2 | But I thought , sitting there on the side of my bed looking out over the trash-filled street with the sound of the trucks grinding and roaring down the thoroughfare , that He must be something like the sun rising out of the ocean on a cloudless day . |
| 3 | I sat for an hour in my roomette looking out at the unvarying scenery and trying to imagine anything else that Filmer might have paid to have done . |
| 4 | My mother looked up from the sewing machine . |
| 5 | Her window looked out of the back of the house , onto what had once been a small garden . |
| 6 | I called in on Ruth at lunchtime today and found her sitting up in her wheelchair looking out at the garden and seeming much better and as bright as usual — a nice nurse in attendance . |
| 7 | Turning her head to look out of the window again , she felt her heart drumming with rage . |
| 8 | Robyn lay on her back looking up at the cloudless sky . |
| 9 | Her father looked up from the newspaper and nodded . |
| 10 | Benjamin paused and we all stared at the young woman now sitting back in her chair looking up at the rafters , tapping the table top and humming a tune to herself . |
| 11 | Before Tamar could protest that she intended to call her son George , her mother-in-law looked up from the child . |
| 12 | ‘ There 's your Dad now , ’ said his Mum looking out of the window . |
| 13 | ‘ Look , ’ said his Mum looking back at the house . |
| 14 | One hour later , Rose stood at the window of his room looking down at the harbour scene . |
| 15 | His lordship looked up from the book and passed a weary hand across his forehead . |
| 16 | Like the living-room upstairs his studio looked out on the harbour . |
| 17 | Of course , Preston did not spend all his time looking out for the holes . |
| 18 | In the week after the election we asked our panel to look back Over the whole campaign and tell us how useful they had found television , the press , and other sources for : ( 1 ) helping decide what party leaders and personalities were really like ; ( 2 ) keeping them informed about the issues ; and ( 3 ) helping them decide how to vote . |
| 19 | Our neighbour looked out across the lake . |