Example sentences of "look round and [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ( He looks round and sees he is alone . )
2 I might start looking round and thinking more about the educational side .
3 ‘ 'Orrible places , 'ospitals , ’ said Gazzer looking round and shivering .
4 ‘ I 'm in my 30s now , ’ she adds , ‘ and a lot of my friends are looking round and saying , ‘ Why do n't you have a family , a husband and a baby ? ’
5 They might look round and smooth , but they 're mighty hard .
6 A good photographer should , if necessary , be able to produce good pictures without a previous visit , but he or she will certainly produce better results if they have had time to look round and plan the most effective camera angles .
7 It would n't do for him to look round and see her ; on the other hand , she wanted to reach the shops before he did .
8 Oh , sometimes it was irritating , even downright infuriating to look round and see him just a couple of paces away , but she only had to look into those dark eyes to feel that treacherous quiver of desire deep in the pit of her stomach .
9 He said : ‘ I have to take one long last look round and take all this in . ’
10 There was a shrewd , buoyant air about him as he sat up , looked round and rubbed both front paws over his nose .
11 He looked round and realised that he was not quite sure where he was .
12 ‘ After getting out of the cab , I looked round and saw what looked like a car upside down on fire .
13 He looked round and saw the froth of white cotton in the corner , as pretty a cradle as any woman could want .
14 She looked round and saw this woman also had stretch marks on her stomach .
15 She stopped , looked round and saw the emptiness of Ireland .
16 Doyle looked round and saw her .
17 After a while his feet found a road , and he looked round and saw a house in the distance .
18 On a sudden instinct Burun looked round and saw that the offworlder Suragai was standing at the water 's edge .
19 She looked round and saw her sister standing at the window , gazing out .
20 Somehow the expanse of green and white cloth cascaded from her trembling hands towards the ground , and as she muttered furiously at it under her breath he looked round and saw her .
21 He looked round and saw the knife that had killed Basil Hallward .
22 Once she looked round and saw the driver standing , his back to her , leaning against the van .
23 Godfrey Norton looked round and saw me .
24 I looked round and saw my master in earnest conversation with the monk .
25 For example , in many road accident situations , the witness will only have realised that an accident had occurred when they heard the crash , and looked round and saw the aftermath , although they will try and tell you that they actually saw the vehicles colliding .
26 Athelstan looked round and lowered his voice .
27 She looked round and noticed that this particular edifice seemed to be dressed in dark blue …
28 He looked round and went over to a tinker 's stall .
29 No , no , that would n't worry me , I just , I said when we got rid of our other sideboard let's do without one and then I looked round and thought well what the dickens am I going to do with all this stuff that we 've got and I just found that we could n't do without it .
30 Patrick looked round and met the eyes of the Detective Sergeant .
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