Example sentences of "she look [adv prt] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 And of course , ’ adds Myra , as she looks up at the lights on the hills where the Bakers live , ‘ Howard and Felicity . ’
2 Here the Harper clan gather , a small tribe , frail , ageing , on the threshold of 1980 , in the presence of the sky : here thirteen-year-old Celia , young , aspiring , judgemental , reflects upon the past , as , long after her usual bedtime , she looks up at the stars and plots her own future .
3 She looked round at the others , spitting dust from their mouths , coughing , shaking with cold .
4 She looked round at the cuttings strewn on the floor and then back at the blank screen .
5 Then she looked around at the men on offer , braying nightclub fools mostly , and decided that , even without racing commitments and pain , she would be planning to leave early .
6 She looked around at the fields .
7 The fortune-teller lay on her back behind the low wall and she was dying , or perhaps she was dead , for her eyes were open and she looked up at the stars .
8 She looked up at the books on the shelves and reached for the closest .
9 She looked up at the advertisements above the windows .
10 She looked up from the minutes she was collating .
11 She looked out over the rows of eager faces waiting for her to justify her educational policy , and she could n't think of a word to say .
12 Almost touch them with my hand , thought Jenny Dale as she looked out on the skyscrapers , then turned her attention to flying the small , six-seater , twin-engined Piper Seneca on to the final approach .
13 There were tears in her eyes as she looked down across the footlights to the man in the front row , on his feet now , applauding .
14 She looked down at the roses .
15 She looked down at the notes on the small side table , and then pulled off her wore framed pince-nez .
16 She looked down on the men 's masks and costumes , listening to their chatter , and stayed silent .
17 She looked down through the wards where the festive celebrations had momentarily stopped .
18 She looked back at the stepping-stones , over which the river was rushing noisily .
19 She looked back at the waves and pulled hard and carefully with her oars .
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