Example sentences of "she [vb past] look [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She stopped to look at the two houses , Brier and Rose , like identical twins wearing slightly different clothing so that one could tell them apart .
2 She turned to look at the rear clock .
3 And , repeating this like a charm : ‘ It was n't me ; it was n't me , ’ she turned to look at the red splashes on the wall .
4 She decided to look on the positive side .
5 She was lowering herself from the tip-toe that she needed to look over the panelled backing of the window display when something else caught her eye , further down the road .
6 " Do n't be sorry , " he said , " I quite enjoyed it , " She looked up briefly then , smiling uncertainly , as though she did n't believe him , He licked his lips , moved forward , put one hand out and touched hers where it gripped the glass , She kept looking at the empty glass avoiding his face .
7 She liked to look at the dreadful toxins through the jewelled prison of their coloured glass bottles : ruby red , peridot green , indigo blue .
8 But the notion , once born , firmly took root , refusing to let her settle , and as she wandered aimlessly about the living-room she realised she 'd soon be in danger of going stir-crazy if she had to look at the same four walls much longer .
9 She had looked at the first lines but now she was n't reading any of it .
10 How lovely she had looked at the early morning Mass .
11 She had looked into the midnight-dark eyes and it had n't seemed to matter at all that the plaza was a very busy place .
12 For a moment she stood looking around the wide hall , closely carpeted in dark , velvety blue which lent an added drama to the vivid Impressionist paintings , the apricot-coloured Knole settee .
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