Example sentences of "looked at the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike pushed the papers back across the desk and looked at the Old Man , who raised his eyebrows questioningly . |
| 2 | Corbett looked at the old drunken face and knew Benstede was being sardonic . |
| 3 | I looked at the old man calmly sitting on his mat and hated him , knowing — knowing myself — that nothing would come of this . |
| 4 | The child stared towards it as if in recognition of something held in memory ; then she turned and looked at the old woman , who was sitting on the couch unlacing her boots , and she said , ‘ You have a garden . ’ |
| 5 | Then he looked at the old eagle again and shaking his head said , ‘ During the last war when I was a prisoner I knew men who were nearer to death than this and yet by some force of will or perhaps some power greater than us they survived . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're proud of it , are n't you , Aged ? ’ said Wemmick , his face losing all its usual hardness as he looked at the old man . |
| 7 | Monks hesitated and looked at the old man , but Mr Brownlow 's expression was so serious and determined that the younger man realized it was pointless to protest . |
| 8 | Fingers across the map to retrace their journey — from the New Inn they went to the English chapel , walked to the shore , saw the Marischal College , were welcomed at the Town House , viewed Old Aberdeen , looked at the Old College , visited the King 's College where Sir Alexander Gordon was professor of Medicine , and visited two bookshops . |
| 9 | He was trying to joke but he was unable to smile as he looked at the old cow . |
| 10 | She looked at the old man . |
| 11 | Conway looked at the old man and felt afraid . |
| 12 | Karen looked at the old man and for a moment she saw something cold and frightening in his smiling eyes . |
| 13 | She looked at the old narrow beams that stretched across the ceiling , at the white-painted walls and the brightly coloured furniture , comfortable chairs and the mellow , shining wood of tables and bookcases . |
| 14 | He looked at the old man , peering darkly under his down-drawn brows ; and there was one who would have questioned and writhed and wondered , pondering long before he would have given any answer , and then , most likely , regretting the answer he had given , whatever it chanced to be . |
| 15 | Brown looked at the old man . |
| 16 | Blake looked at the old man . |
| 17 | Now , as he looked at the old woman , his expression became soft , almost tender . |
| 18 | Dorian looked at the older man , and wondered about him . |
| 19 | Jessamy allowed her voice to become deliberately sympathetic as she looked at the older woman . |