Example sentences of "look in the direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had anyone been looking in the direction of Miss Danziger they would have observed a faint smile gathering at the corners of her mouth and fading as quickly as it formed . |
| 2 | I sat holding the mug , looking in the direction from which I had walked . |
| 3 | If you look at a small child 's eyes , they are always looking in the direction in which they are moving . |
| 4 | Looking in the direction indicated , George saw a smithy , with the blacksmith and his striker hard at work . |
| 5 | His head he was keeping averted , looking in the direction of the drift , at the wall of cluster pines with their black needles and their green cones . |
| 6 | He went out for a few moments and stood on the steps between the Greek pillars , looking in the direction of the Residency for any sign of movement . |
| 7 | They continued to feed , or stared out on the Zoo not looking in the direction of Minch at all ; while Creggan was so busy staring at Minch in delight and pleasure that he did not notice behind him , in the next-door cage , Slorne stare for the moment at Minch and then swing round and silently resume her vigil at the back top of her cage , looking at the trees and sky . |
| 8 | Tim was lying on the sand , looking in the direction the man had gone . |
| 9 | ‘ Uncle Stephen can help too ! ’ she added , looking in the direction of her brother who smiled wryly , a little out of it . |
| 10 | In fact I think the people who are looking in the direction of change in terms of parent governors and P T As etcetera are , I think looking in the wrong direction . |
| 11 | More pressure would have to be applied in that area , before the newspapers started to look in the direction of the National Socialists . |
| 12 | I looked in the direction he was pointing — Roman villa , vestal virgins ' tent , WI stalls with Aunt Bedelia and Mrs Cartwright frantically buttering and jamming home-made scones , street theatre , Punch and Judy , and there 's old Jeremiah just passing the jazz band with his fingers in his ears . |
| 13 | Rather , the Commission looked in the direction of devolution of power of some sort ( though the members of it were divided as to what sort ) . |
| 14 | Just at that moment , the cats all leapt to their feet with their fur on end and looked in the direction of the door . |
| 15 | Julia looked in the direction of his waving arm and saw an equally tall man in UNRRA uniform striding along towards them . |
| 16 | The conversation was dying all around her as she looked in the direction that had been indicated . |
| 17 | I looked in the direction Dr Jaffery was pointing . |
| 18 | Quigley looked in the direction in which he had hurled the paper-stripper as his old lady repeated , ‘ O Jesus , Great News ! ’ |