Example sentences of "[subord] she look [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sliding her arm from beneath him , Beth got out of bed and , wrapping her robe about her shivering form , went first to the window , where she looked out at the moonlit night . |
| 2 | But when she looked up at the sky she discovered that the star had gone . |
| 3 | When she looked back at the road , the red saloon was coming towards her . |
| 4 | When she looked back at the window there was the face again ; but it was attempting now to smile . |
| 5 | Now , as the throbbing drone of the aircraft 's engines broke through her dark memories , and she wearily attempted to make herself more comfortable in her seat , Laura almost groaned aloud when she looked back at the total innocence and naïveté of her much younger self . |
| 6 | When she looked back towards the house , Carla 's face was at the window , peering out like a sailor 's wife watching for masts at the quayside . |
| 7 | She went over to it , her mouth dry , her pulses racing , and when she looked down at the cherubic child with bright golden hair she had to grip the arms for support . |
| 8 | When she looked down into the channel with Gazzer and saw Simon , water swilling round his waist , she could hardly believe that she was responsible . |
| 9 | ANNE Garwood was horrified when she looked out of the window and saw her husband taking in the milk . |
| 10 | Now , when she looked out into the Estuary , she saw not seals , or castles , or knights in armour but Mr Bishop 's body , rolling in on the tide . |
| 11 | And then , when she looked out from the window of her room in the Palings Hotel , there he was , a star performer modest amid the crowd , the Great Zeno , walking past with his twin , Luke Mallen . |
| 12 | Grim and forbidding were the two well-used words that came to mind as she looked up at the building for the first time ; but there were no words that could easily describe the helpless terror that she felt as the side-gate opened before them and the ambulance had driven through . |
| 13 | As she looked up into the spotlight and the rope ladder unfurled she thought the Chinooks had come for her . |
| 14 | Relief and anger swept through her as she looked up into the familiar dark , scowling face . |
| 15 | She 'd removed her ripped stockings earlier and now , as she looked down at the patchwork of scratches and grazes , she was relieved that there had n't been more damage . |
| 16 | She nodded , as she looked down at the tiny poodle . |
| 17 | There were tears in her eyes as she looked down across the footlights to the man in the front row , on his feet now , applauding . |
| 18 | As she looked down from the stand , the horses for the third race , a handicap over six furlongs , were filing out on to the racecourse . |
| 19 | It was a contradiction in terms , Lisa found herself thinking as she looked back across the desk at him . |
| 20 | He does n't seem to realize = ’ Her sentence hung as she looked back down the room to where Oliver and Linda were standing alone . |
| 21 | It was Aggie 's day to visit the outskirts , but as she looked out of the window on to the patch of grass that was welcoming the steady downpour , she said , half to herself , ‘ It 's a good job I 'm not forced to go out , ’ and a voice in her mind added , ‘ You need never go again if you do n't want to . ’ |
| 22 | Almost touch them with my hand , thought Jenny Dale as she looked out on the skyscrapers , then turned her attention to flying the small , six-seater , twin-engined Piper Seneca on to the final approach . |
| 23 | A CD of Dire Straits ' greatest hits she 'd found in the apartment matched her mood as she looked out into the dark night , lit only by the dramatic outside lighting of the gardens . |
| 24 | ‘ Of course I have , ’ she answered , her gaze unconsciously wistful as she looked out over the smooth water of the lake . |
| 25 | And of course , ’ adds Myra , as she looks up at the lights on the hills where the Bakers live , ‘ Howard and Felicity . ’ |