Example sentences of "looking [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no good not following those rules and then worrying when your teenager is not back at the expected time , looking nervously at the clock and twitching the curtains every time a car pulls up in your road . |
| 2 | Hornby on the occasion rebuked Brixton for not looking properly at the CNAA 's regulations — and the College was subsequently to have its proposals approved . |
| 3 | The typhoon shelters at Aberdeen and Mong Kok start to fill with craft , their prudent masters and owners looking uneasily at the eastern sky as it blackens and darkens , and as the wind begins to sing in the telephone wires , the unsecured edges of roofs begin to flap and creak , and the streets are busy with flying litter , and dust . |
| 4 | He stood , looking thoughtfully at the ground ; then , coming to himself , he shook hands once again . |
| 5 | I remember standing at the back of The Lyceum and looking down at the crowd . |
| 6 | Looking down at the curve of her cheekbone , still wet with tears , he suddenly wanted her , quite overwhelmingly . |
| 7 | He was looking down at the pavement outside the house . |
| 8 | The two boys stood looking down at the heaps of feathers . |
| 9 | Jos broke off , looking down at the axe-head . |
| 10 | Kathleen Lavender started and , looking down at the spreading carpet of white beads , felt that it must be her fault . |
| 11 | ‘ I have always wanted Isabel to like me , ’ she said sadly , looking down at the box , ‘ but she never has . ’ |
| 12 | They both stood looking down at the poor sufferer , neither speaking . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not sure how high we went but I remember looking down at the surf . |
| 14 | George had come to stand beside her , also looking down at the baby . |
| 15 | The others , grouped around him , stood in silence looking down at the stricken man . |
| 16 | As he rushed onwards it lengthened and curved , until he stood at the edge of a cold volcanic cauldron , looking down at the mountain 's secret , a still , dark lake which gleamed green at the foot of the crags . |
| 17 | But I will never forget that time we both watched your father walking back and forth in front of the summerhouse , looking down at the ground as though he hoped to find some precious jewel he had dropped there . ’ |
| 18 | She stood looking down at the tiny fireplace . |
| 19 | Looking down at the fish we lose sight of its great depth and instead see how thin it is across the back . |
| 20 | I stand up there in the pulpit every Sunday mornin' looking down at the upturned faces searchin' for yours , but in vain . |
| 21 | Mary found herself looking down at the small dapper figure of Sidney Watkins , manager of the Berkeley Chase for the last ten years . |
| 22 | Five minutes later they stood on the grassy bank looking down at the brown water . |
| 23 | I stood looking down at the pavement below the payphone while Dennis padded across the wall-to-wall carpeting and called distantly to his wife . |
| 24 | ‘ And him , ’ Forster nodded , looking down at the shattered , eviscerated remains of the man . |
| 25 | They were looking down at the new Japanese car factory , Sakata , which had just opened in Humberside . |
| 26 | Now the police , the ambulance crews , the crowd , the reporter , were approaching the pit , looking down at the grey shard that was all that was left of the Kershaw Worm . |
| 27 | Jess shivered , looking down at the upturned faces that stared at her with idle curiosity . |
| 28 | He shook his own head sadly , regretting past days , looking down at the limp form of Midnight sleeping stretched out on his stomach on the patched-up bed of hay and horse blankets . |
| 29 | Louise gave an exclamation of displeasure , and Edouard rose to his feet , Grégoire remained absolutely still , looking down at the smashed cup . |
| 30 | And , looking down at the still-outstretched arm , the glazed and open eyes , the great scarlet pool soaking into the earth , she knew that it was a body , that he had gone for ever , that there was nothing she need fear from him ever again . |