Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] look [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She opened her eyes and looked straight into the beautiful face of the Italian . |
| 2 | He wiped the sweat from his eyes and looked down at the automatic in his hand . |
| 3 | Lambert opened his eyes and looked bleakly at the map . |
| 4 | As the sun sank lower and touched the edge of the cloudbelt on the horizon , Hazel came out from under the branches and looked carefully round the lower slope . |
| 5 | He shrugged his shoulders and looked dumbly at the grain on the wooden table . |
| 6 | The priest rested his elbows on his knees and looked down at the floor . |
| 7 | The monk licked his lips and looked sideways at the Bishop . |
| 8 | She put on her own sunglasses and looked out across the worn pitch . |
| 9 | However , ’ he stamped his feet and looked up at the darkened mass of the church , ‘ no one , not even in Southwark , can be that degenerate . |
| 10 | The coroner stamped his feet and looked up at the star-filled sky . |
| 11 | The lassitude still on her , she came slowly to her feet and looked down at the boy , who stood up , shifting uneasily . |
| 12 | Fulke shuffled his feet and looked down at the floor . |
| 13 | Edward took off his shoes and looked out of the window . |
| 14 | Julian finished his potatoes and looked gravely round the family gathering . |
| 15 | Regrettably , even today , there are a number of health service insiders who feel that they are an exception to these general rules and look down on the ways of industry with the patronizing assurance of those who know that ‘ we are different ’ . |
| 16 | He sucked in deep , racking breaths and looked up at the two men . |
| 17 | They stood on the banks and looked across at the blanket of fog coming from the river . |
| 18 | Polly felt a blush warm her cheeks and looked down at the food . |
| 19 | We regret the end of our schooldays but look ahead to the future with great hope . |
| 20 | There was little to do all day but climb in the old beeches and look out over the forest to see where the smoke plumes were . |
| 21 | Further out , in the fashionable village-suburb of Breasbrough , civic spirits were high at a New Year 's Eve party , where left-wing councillors , left-wing teachers , left-wing journalists , left-wing social workers and a few agnostic entrepreneurs raised their glasses and looked forward to the exhilarating confrontation of the approaching steel strike : they were high on a recent freak by-election in the neighbourhood which had reversed the national trend to the Right and given , in their own view , a renewed popular blessing to their defiant , daring programme of high social expenditure . |
| 22 | Explore the underground installations , browse in the museum , stand by the guns and look out over the Channel as gunners did in two wars . |
| 23 | The barman at the Tomorrowman polished up his impersonations and looked forward to the day after tomorrow , when Rex had promised him his own show . |
| 24 | On March 18 the two countries signed six agreements establishing diplomatic relations and looking forward to the development of co-operation in the areas of trade , agriculture and science , and technology . |
| 25 | Try to pick a line through the birch forest on the northern slopes and look out for the wreckage of a World War II aeroplane on the north-eastern side . |
| 26 | She moved to the head of the stairs and looked down into the hallway , listening to his footsteps approaching the front door . |
| 27 | The field was surrounded by trees and looked out towards the river upstream from the loch . |
| 28 | He forced open his windows and looked out over the courtyard , over the town to where what he now knew as Skiddaw stood in dusky largeness , a prehistoric beast couchant . |
| 29 | I recall her pacing the sitting-room while I am doing my homework , pausing every so often to stand at one of the windows and look down into the busy street below . |
| 30 | Getting out of bed , Rachel flung open the curtains and looked out at the September morning . |