Example sentences of "looked [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The landlady looked suspiciously at the notes he proffered and asked if they were Belgian currency . |
| 2 | Wednesday looked suspiciously at the rope then seized hold of it with one hand . |
| 3 | The door opened as she was counting her change and he looked suspiciously at the coins in her palm . |
| 4 | The Dominican looked suspiciously at the white , haggard face of Cranston , the bleary red eyes , and the way he was swaying rather dangerously on the top step . |
| 5 | He looked across the fire at Lennie 's anguished face , and then he looked ashamedly at the flames . |
| 6 | She looked nervously at the western sky , tumultuous with dark clouds that had so hastened the dusk that the first lamps were already being lit in the city 's archways and windows . |
| 7 | The sudden sound brought down the children and Hugh , who looked nervously at the Borzoi . |
| 8 | Mr Crumwallis jumped , and looked nervously at the instrument . |
| 9 | My master looked nervously at the Earl of Angus who had hardly moved except to gulp noisily from a goblet of wine . |
| 10 | When Amaranth looked discreetly at the contents , there was much giggling . |
| 11 | Hope looked keenly at the man , held his gaze a moment — a glance which could have ruled a line straight from eye to eye — and then snapped to attention . |
| 12 | The governor looked keenly at the American for a moment , but encountered only the senators disarming smile and turned away again . |
| 13 | Delaney looked bitterly at the shambles . |
| 14 | The Doctor looked intensely at the poet . |
| 15 | He shrugged his shoulders and looked dumbly at the grain on the wooden table . |
| 16 | Masklin looked gloomily at the rain . |
| 17 | It looked afresh at the elements in the established balance between the CNAA and its institutions , retaining standards at the centre of debate , defining a continuing role for the CNAA , justifying and describing the process towards greater institutional autonomy , conceding the need to take account of different stages of development , and looking towards possible implications for the whole of higher education . |
| 18 | Ingram looked doubtfully at the long table , rocking up and down like a lugger in a gale . |
| 19 | Jack looked doubtfully at the waxen face of his stepfather . |
| 20 | Dong looked doubtfully at the inadequate grave . |
| 21 | I looked doubtfully at the rickety structure of planks and corrugated iron . |
| 22 | Ajayi sat back , putting her gloves back on , She looked doubtfully at the man on the far side of the table . |
| 23 | He looked doubtfully at the rain-filled skies . |
| 24 | She switched on the bedside lamp and looked dazedly at the clock . |
| 25 | He approached , and looked in at the boy . |
| 26 | She came round the side of the house and looked in at the bay window . |
| 27 | Next morning I looked in at the forge before leaving , and said goodbye to Joe , who was already hard at work . |
| 28 | When Coffin returned from central London late that night , he looked in at the TAS office . |
| 29 | Coming to the gate , he looked in at the cottage and instantly recognized the fourth photograph in Heather 's collection . |
| 30 | Mr Stokill looked approvingly at the finished job . |