Example sentences of "[subord] she look [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 All that was her due because she looked like the young Elizabeth Taylor , had dark brown curly hair nearly to her waist , large , dark blue eyes , creamy velvet skin and a wonderful figure .
2 And then , when she looked at the high terrace with its pots of trailing geraniums , she could see nothing for the shadow was so intense — not the pale blob of a face or the movement of a hand — but she was suddenly as sure as she could be of anything that someone was standing there , looking down , waiting for them to get out of the car and watching them .
3 Benny stumbled from time to time , and became tongue-tied when she looked at the handsome boy sitting beside them .
4 When she looked in the little round mirror , she saw that she was n't falling to pieces .
5 Jenny told herself , as she looked through the fine big annual .
6 Venice was unique , unforgettable , breathtaking in all its various moods , Luce thought as she looked over the calm water to the pale marble buildings lining the banks .
7 ‘ Delicious , ’ Clare said feebly as she looked into the smiling face and aquamarine eyes of her son .
8 And her eyes too shone as she looked at the two men sitting there .
9 As she looked at the tiny bundle she said drily : ‘ Thank goodness he has n't got ears like his father . ’
10 As she looked at the vast and busy canvas , Miss Hatherby sensed she was finding it difficult to take in and said , ‘ You know Constance , you can not look at a painting with the same eyes as you stare down Chollerton High Street .
11 Lucy , all this time , was still sitting on the verandah surrounded by her cartridge-making tools and weeping bitterly as she looked at the neat rows of cartridges she had made and which were no longer needed .
12 Jessamy allowed her voice to become deliberately sympathetic as she looked at the older woman .
13 Clearly he had not been content to wait , and as she looked at the hard , handsome face she knew he was furiously angry , only good manners holding back the words that were obviously uppermost in his mind .
14 As she looked at the soft golden panelling , more of which emerged every day , the pleasure of her victory washed over Sara anew .
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