Example sentences of "look [prep] her [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dierdriu had looked at her for a long moment . |
| 2 | She stared at the book-filled wall above the desk , then turned back , seeing how he was looking past her at the same spot . |
| 3 | Orin was looking at her as a Neanderthal might look at homo sapiens after a lecture on Darwinism . |
| 4 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 5 | But he was looking at her with a dark intensity that made her nerves quiver very oddly . |
| 6 | As he does so he keeps looking at her with a gentle expression . |
| 7 | Barney was looking at her with a strange expression , half puzzled , half tender . |
| 8 | She turned , hearing the stillness that followed the rustling of his movements , and he was standing in the doorway , looking at her with a strange , soft look of mingled reluctance and resolution . |
| 9 | He was looking at her with an icy contempt . |
| 10 | You could decide to work at a time when your partner or a friend is round to see the baby , or arrange for someone — a childminder or relative — to look after her for a few hours each week . |
| 11 | But I think there 's also the other end of the scale which is , which is what , you 've slightly amended this year , is the fact of elderly people erm , I know recently that myself have gone through the fact of my gran had er , was going through a very sick period , and if she 'd have come back home , it would have been very difficult for me to have had to look after her at the same time as trying to attend my council duties , and this would have been the same for my dad , and the additional income which this would have brought , to have paid someone to be able to look after her whilst we were at council meetings , and you can remember that these meetings sometimes go on , you can say well , this meeting should be over by one o'clock then it goes on till three o'clock or whatever , and then peop , the problems mount up for that person left on their own , and I think that those things have to be taken into consideration , and I believe that this is the first step forward in trying to recognise that people have responsibilities outside of the council chamber . |
| 12 | No , yeah I 'll come with you , you go off and stay with Joyce , look after her for a little while and let Kenneth sort things out ! |
| 13 | Madame 's eyes seemed to look past her into a different time . |
| 14 | I suppose I can look upon her as a younger sister ? ’ |
| 15 | And she did , leaving a very bewildered Ellie to look round her at the well-equipped kitchen and the gently steaming kettle . |
| 16 | ( ’ The people who sold the soap for us want to replenish their supply ’ came the typically slippery message to McFarlane ; his secretary described how , when such messages came , he would look at her with a puzzled expression . ) |
| 17 | Surely a man of the cloth would n't look at her with the same sort of craving as James Halden . |
| 18 | Carrie looked about her at the crackling fire and a fair semblance of tidiness in the kitchen . |
| 19 | She looked round her with a surprised air . |
| 20 | Blanche looked round her at the wallpapered walls and the flounced pink curtains and said , ‘ How very nice . |
| 21 | She looked round her at the luxurious suite and shuddered . |
| 22 | Emmie only minded because sometimes when Marjorie came in she looked round her in a funny way , sharp and frowning and asked Dad if Mrs Hellyer could n't come more often . |
| 23 | The Bishop and the Archdeacon were old and wily but not too well-informed ; Spruce , on the other hand , looked to her like an intelligent adversary . |
| 24 | Evelyn looked at her for a long moment . |
| 25 | He looked at her for a long moment , puffing on his seisha , then spoke for the first time . |
| 26 | He looked at her for a long , silent moment , and Merrill dragged her gaze away with difficulty , maddened by her erratic heartbeat . |
| 27 | Mr Braybrooke looked at her for a long moment . |
| 28 | He looked at her for a long moment , and then he walked slowly towards her . |
| 29 | He looked at her for a long moment , and then he reached out and slid his hand under her hair , around the nape of her neck . |
| 30 | He looked at her for the first time with real unease . |