Example sentences of "look [adv] at the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The laibon simply looks down at the floor of the boma . |
| 2 | It looks only at the side of business interests who think only of trade liberalization . |
| 3 | While a Western eye is familiar with the process of looking , as it were , through an image to what it represents or means , an Eastern critic looks also at the surface of a painting or a drawing , in which a poem or other calligraphic element may form an integral part of the work . |
| 4 | The BEA also looked carefully at the possibility of importing plant and materials , but ( with steel prices significantly higher in the USA and Europe and considerable difficulties in obtaining foreign exchange ) they confined themselves to importing only a few specialist components which were causing serious delays in the programme . |
| 5 | He was speaking very much more quietly than when he first came in and occasionally looked reproachfully at the door as if the thing which had depressed him was just the other side of it . |
| 6 | In the first of a three part series , Erika Barnes looks back at the life of the plane affectionately known as Fat Albert . |
| 7 | Our political correspondent , Fiona Ross looks back at the career of Jo Grimond . |
| 8 | Barbara Buhler looks back at the effect of criticism on Georgia O'Keeffe 's art in the 1920s |
| 9 | Minutes from the centre of Sant' Agata it looks out at the Bay of Naples and onwards to Mount Vesuvius . |
| 10 | It looks closely at the range of policies developed by local government and in so doing assesses the relative responsibilities of various professional and political groups for their initiation and enactment . |
| 11 | Erm , we have looked again at the programme for building this road . |
| 12 | Coaching involves knowledge which can be either taught or practically applied and Thornton looks helpfully at the role of the director as spiritual coach : |
| 13 | Each activity looks specifically at the delivery of a number of national curriculum elements in the different subject areas , though the activity is planned to make sure that it is not too didactic , and not too heavily content-orientated . |
| 14 | ‘ We 've all got to share , ’ she said , as they passed through the swing doors and found themselves looking down at the courtyard of the Museum . |
| 15 | I was still looking down at the girl in the grass . |
| 16 | Looking down at the top of Joe 's balding pate , Michael listened to the haunting childish voice and could have cried . |
| 17 | For nearly a minute he said nothing and I had the sense to keep quiet , too , looking down at the top of his head . |
| 18 | Hal Shepherd stood at the turn of the road , his hands resting lightly on the low stone wall , looking down at the row of cottages and the bay beyond . |
| 19 | Looking down at the reflection of the stars in the still , calm sea below , she said softly , ‘ I 'm glad we came up here . |
| 20 | Craig Grenfell stood on the hilltop looking down at the scene in the graveyard below . |
| 21 | She 'll go up to you and she goes she looks at you like that and her eyes are all wide , sh sh she 's looking down at the wall like that to make sure it 's all clear , you know what I mean ? |
| 22 | Again she was silent for a moment or two , looking down at the carpet of tawny beech leaves , debris of the previous autumn , now shimmering in the dappled shafts of light which struggled through the tree canopy . |
| 23 | But now he trod carefully across the carpet to the bed and stood silently looking down at the body of Berowne . |
| 24 | And she stood looking down at the key in her hand , while she said to herself , ‘ Well , this seems to decide it , does n't it ? ’ and turning , she yelled , ‘ Ben ! ’ |
| 25 | Looking down at the curve of her cheekbone , still wet with tears , he suddenly wanted her , quite overwhelmingly . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He was looking down at the pavement outside the house . |
| 28 | Looking down at the face of her lover , she smiled , daring to trace the line of his profile with a tender finger . |
| 29 | ‘ Your lawn 's a bit overgrown , Dizzy , ’ one of Dizzy 's Women said , looking critically at the grass around her feet . |
| 30 | He put out a hand and smoothed the bear 's shaggy head , giving it embarrassed pats , while looking up at the bear-leader as if to say , Is that all right ? |