Example sentences of "she look [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Had she looked at the living Rachaela as now Rachaela looked at Ruth ?
2 With one assistant , she looks after the legal work for the whole of the company , undertakes the company secretarial work and attends Board meetings .
3 Eh she looking in the large child ? because they shrink a bit in the wash .
4 ‘ Delicious , ’ Clare said feebly as she looked into the smiling face and aquamarine eyes of her son .
5 She looked to the young man as if for reassurance , and he smiled back and nodded for Ellie to go on in , which she did without , much to her surprise , suddenly finding herself sitting upright at home in bed , clutching her thin bedding around her and wondering how her mind could imagine such things .
6 ‘ But it was n't him , ’ Winnie said , she looked to the upturned table .
7 And she took the child by the hand and walked her to the settle , and when they were seated she looked at the small figure by her side , at the hair , like a golden halo round the oval face , and the limpid grey eyes gazing so trustfully at her .
8 She looked at the small key on the table , then dropped that into the envelope with the note .
9 As she looked at the tiny bundle she said drily : ‘ Thank goodness he has n't got ears like his father . ’
10 Turning her head slightly she looked at the cut-glass decanter on the bedside table — it was a little less than half full , which meant that she had drunk three … no , four glasses of whisky at some time during the night .
11 Swinging round in surprise , she looked at the elderly man who had spoken .
12 She looked at the strong hand as it shifted gears and continued resting on the lever .
13 She looked at the insignificant scorch marks on its cover and said , ‘ This would n't have been necessary if you had n't been so cagey with me .
14 She looked at the second photo : the person in this one seemed to be dead too .
15 She looked at the healthy gloss of black hair springing from a widow 's peak , the thickly lashed eyes under winged brows , the mouth that could be austere and cruel but was now warm and sensuous , and said thickly , ‘ Perhaps we could go into the garden ? ’
16 She looked at the narrow flight of stone stairs leading to the upper floors , and knew that wild horses would n't drag her up them .
17 She looked at the young man , Clive .
18 Jessamy allowed her voice to become deliberately sympathetic as she looked at the older woman .
19 She looked at the burnt-out hopper and the forest savaged by the cataclysmic explosion .
20 She looked at the cracked face of her cheap wristwatch and swallowed nervously .
21 She looked at the old man .
22 Benny stumbled from time to time , and became tongue-tied when she looked at the handsome boy sitting beside them .
23 She used Peter 's knife to cut off the boot , then she looked at the broken leg .
24 She looked at the arid ground and thought of the green of their garden and the neatness of the flowers in their window-boxes .
25 She looked at the pretty fountain again and gave a small sigh .
26 And then she looked at the empty stairway beside her .
27 She looked at the cold cup of coffee on the table , and left it there while she went in to shower and put on some clothes , shorts and a T-shirt and tennis shoes .
28 She looked at the crumpled figure who was fighting for breath on the pillow , perspiration pouring down his anguished face .
29 She looked at the filthy kitchen .
30 And then , when she looked at the high terrace with its pots of trailing geraniums , she could see nothing for the shadow was so intense — not the pale blob of a face or the movement of a hand — but she was suddenly as sure as she could be of anything that someone was standing there , looking down , waiting for them to get out of the car and watching them .
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