Example sentences of "look [adv prt] at the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are sitting by the eye of the stream where it looks up at the sun before it weeps down the mountainside . |
| 2 | Thus it is Pippin who looks up at the sun and the banners and offers comfort to Beregond , and Merry who never loses heart when even Théoden appears prey to ‘ horror and doubt ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | She wailed , standing there , looking in at the room that had nothing left of him . |
| 5 | We lay in the grass looking up at the sky and the fluttering leaves on the silver birch trees , sucking on our reed stalks and talking about girls . |
| 6 | Jack paused indecisively , looking back at the Glory and wondering if there was any connection between its abandoned state and the mysterious figures on the hill . |
| 7 | No other words were needed and he stood , walking to the window and looking out at the courtyard that was bathed in sunlight . |
| 8 | I 'm sitting looking out at the darkness and the sea . |
| 9 | I called in on Ruth at lunchtime today and found her sitting up in her wheelchair looking out at the garden and seeming much better and as bright as usual — a nice nurse in attendance . |
| 10 | She heard the front gate squeak open , and as she saw the two young Garda officers look up at the window and come slowly up her path , Kit Hegarty suddenly knew without any doubt what they were coming to tell her . |
| 11 | Left : From Monica 's favourite spot — her writing room — she can look out at the garden while sitting at her desk |
| 12 | All turned to look back at the door as the footsteps approached on the flagstones . |
| 13 | And if you look around at the world and try and find the women in positions of power , you have to say , where are they ? |
| 14 | Coming to the gate , he looked in at the cottage and instantly recognized the fourth photograph in Heather 's collection . |
| 15 | She looked down at the ice as she spoke . |
| 16 | He looked down at the girl and was moved . |
| 17 | She looked down at the xerox and shook her head . |
| 18 | She looked down at the sandal and with one worn finger gently moved the heel to and fro on its fragile shred of skin . |
| 19 | Fiver looked down at the water and twitched his ears . |
| 20 | She looked down at the floor and made the slightest movement with one hand . |
| 21 | Rilla looked down at the floor and said nothing . |
| 22 | The Archbishop looked down at the floor and shook his head . |
| 23 | I looked down at the chart and saw that the island was not so very far off our course , and I knew that the Beechcraft was brim-full with fuel . |
| 24 | Someone 's brother , baby son , or lover he thought and now he was gone : Corbett looked down at the corpse and felt the futility of the death . |
| 25 | He looked down at the manuscript and locket and gave a little shudder . |
| 26 | DeVore looked down at the hand that held his own . |
| 27 | Chen looked down at the hand that had grasped his own so firmly . |
| 28 | He looked down at the carpet and folded his arms in a protective gesture . |
| 29 | Maurice came a little way into the room , looked down at the body and moved away again . |
| 30 | She looked down at the body and felt sadness . |