Example sentences of "look [adv prt] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I kept looking up at the Royal Box and thinking , ‘ Stevie Foster would have stood there . ’ ’ |
| 32 | The gate swung outwards , and he found himself looking up at the massive head of a yawning dragon with creased cheek and jowl and a lolling red tongue . |
| 33 | ‘ I suppose you want me to go first , ’ said Caspar as they stood looking up at the open window , which was grimy and smeary , but much lower than the other windows . |
| 34 | Then , looking up at the circular window above it , Jack saw that the catch was not fully in position . |
| 35 | Looking up at the illuminated sign overhead she was glad she had not attempted to push her way in . |
| 36 | Robyn lay on her back looking up at the cloudless sky . |
| 37 | He stood , looking up at the little building , feeling constrained to say more . |
| 38 | Looking back at the stormy relationship of a few years ago , he realised how much she had mellowed . |
| 39 | Looking back at the bell-box Sorvino was tempted to find a half-brick and try to put it out , but that would be fun and not duty . |
| 40 | Tsu Ma turned , looking back at the young man . |
| 41 | But by looking back at the archaic phase of Greek history and forward to later autocrats , as we have done with the Sicilian tyrants , we can remind ourselves that the democratic interludes of Greek history were not merely short but untypical — in Syracuse , Macedon , Cyrene and satrapal Asia Minor one-man rule was normal for much of the period 479–323 BC . |
| 42 | He levelled off about ten feet above the ground and banked as he climbed , looking back at the red flag . |
| 43 | So , too , the third of them , Stevens , who stood to one side , looking back at the wall-length window and its view of the great circle of the spaceport 's landing apron . |
| 44 | Looking back at the tangled web of confused events we can see that the answer had already emerged . |
| 45 | I would be sitting in the car looking out at the fascinating scenery , my mum and my brother would be doing the same , my sister would be looking at a book and my dad would be driving . |
| 46 | Looking out at the dark motorway strip , she decided she hated Damian Flint . |
| 47 | She glanced at her daughter as she reached for the silver letter-knife ; Senga was standing before the French doors , looking out at the snow-piled garden . |
| 48 | He looked round at her , standing beside him in the corridor bar looking out at the stupid countryside . |
| 49 | ‘ It 's only a thunder-shower , ’ Matthew said calmly , looking out at the storm-tossed lake . |
| 50 | ‘ It 's good that they can come here , ’ he murmured , looking out at the lively group . |
| 51 | I sat for an hour in my roomette looking out at the unvarying scenery and trying to imagine anything else that Filmer might have paid to have done . |
| 52 | Later , she stood alone at her bedroom window , looking out at the moonlit sea . |
| 53 | One night in London , nearly a year later , a servant girl was sitting at her bedroom window , looking out at the moonlit street . |
| 54 | Looking around at the suffocating power of the Roman Catholic Church and the less humane churches of Protestantism , he found that he had nowhere else to go ; they had no answers for this situation either . |
| 55 | He halted before it , looking about at the relentless blackness with an expression of distaste , pursing the fine lips that were visible below the hat . |
| 56 | Looking round at the elegant dining room , waited on by the unobtrusive Friedrich , Peter Müller wondered what it would be like to live on such a scale , with so much money to make life as smooth as silk . |
| 57 | I made a mug of decaf and sat looking round at the crumbling plaster ceiling , the curdled paintwork , the tatty carpet and the flophouse furnishings . |
| 58 | So she got up slowly from the floor , the last few sobs still springing unbidden up her throat , and without looking round at the disordered room once more , she picked up her lamp and went down to her bedroom to change . |
| 59 | Earlier her plan had been to go down to the village a little before the gala on the pretext of shopping and finding out the times of the events and perhaps look in at the antique shop ( for Mrs Price was on the Gala committee ) and let it be known she would join the young people , but now that her mother was ill that was out of the question , she pushed it on one side , the urgent thing was to get to the chemist 's and get the stuff up to her mother . |
| 60 | I must have a look round later , maybe look in at the big house , and see what Shimi Lovat and his officers were having for dinner . |