Example sentences of "look [adv prt] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thinning veil of cloud eddied in a gust of wind , and suddenly we were below it , looking down on to the flat roofs of a town spread out in a broad valley of rain-washed green . |
| 2 | On a raised dais in front of large windows looking out on to the agricultural college gardens sat the Inspector . |
| 3 | But as I sat with my legs dangling over the edge , looking out on to the quiet water meadow , the anarchy of Delhi seemed far away and I began to see why in all the most sensible cultures , Paradise was envisaged as a walled pleasure garden . |
| 4 | He stood for a while , looking round about at the quiet dunes and the settling birds . |
| 5 | Joe now withdrew his hand from the desk and , rising to his feet , he looked down on to the upturned faces of the two men and said , ‘ My mother may remain in the house as long as she wishes , but the running of it , the accounts and such , I wish to leave in your control . |
| 6 | Cowley looked back up at the rising heights of St Paul 's . |
| 7 | The window looked out on to the cobbled yard . |
| 8 | I sat at the open window and looked out on to the purple dark . |