Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] look [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The horses could n't get inside the church , so the doors were left open for them to look in on the proceedings . |
| 2 | Before she undressed , Nicandra pulled back the window curtains , cold as glass in her hands , and stood between them to look out at the changed world . |
| 3 | But JUSt as it IS proper for me to look back to my wedding day as assurance that I am really married , so it is proper to look back to my baptism as a mark given me by the Holy Spirit that I am really born again in Christ , and to the eucharist as a pledge that I do partake of his life , feed on him , and shall in the last day share his resurrection . |
| 4 | When she was satisfied with the state of the blaze Laura led me round to the side of the kiln , removed the bung and gestured for me to look in . |
| 5 | None of them looked up when she and Michael entered . |
| 6 | None of them looked up as they passed . |
| 7 | But neither of them looked back . |
| 8 | None of them looked back to see what happened but galloped for the interchange to the Central Line . |
| 9 | Two of them looked down at me . |
| 10 | Thousands of them looked down now as something round and shiny drifted around the Earth . |
| 11 | Alina leans on the rail beside Angelica , both of them looking down at Walter as he makes another thrust into the darkness beneath them . |
| 12 | Other passengers were queueing at the check-point , most of them looking back as if that glimpse was all they could carry with them to their destinations . |
| 13 | ‘ A lot of them look up to the likes of Johnny Marr and say : ‘ That 's what I want to sound like ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ There are a lot of musicians in Seattle and every one of them looks up to Jimi Hendrix . |
| 15 | It took a moment or two before he registered who she was , then he said heavily , ‘ Good of you to look in like this , Ruth . |
| 16 | ‘ It is so good of you to look in on an old invalid when you must be so very busy at the office — what with the Dean 's compost heap yielding such unwholesome remains . ’ |
| 17 | A successful dealer sitting opposite him looked up : " Yes " , he said . |
| 18 | When she opened her eyes again Philippa was kneeling in front of her looking up at her . |
| 19 | His only certain memory of his mother was of her looking out of the same kitchen window and calling to him as he played on the grass . |
| 20 | George pushed a door open and stood back , and she walked into the room and stood in the center of it looking around with curiosity . |
| 21 | ‘ All three of us looked down the embankment and it became apparent there was a body there , ’ he said . |
| 22 | All of us look out on life through personal windows which have been shaped by past experiences . |
| 23 | If , if you look in your books page one seven seven , you 'll see a beautifully illustrated instruction on how to do it , which you can refer to yourself this evening or later on in the course if you forget but I 'm now gon na show you how to do one as well , you , if you want to know it 's there for you to look up you take the bandage and fold it into your narrow fold band and put it round your leg , you 've got something to tie a reef knot round , okay ? if you know how to do a reef knot already fine , just do it , if you do n't , follow instructions . |
| 24 | I 'm sure she 's waiting for you to look in and say goodnight . ’ |
| 25 | When the night time comes up comes along you look up in the sky and say where 's the moon gone . |
| 26 | It was only by an act of supreme will that she was finally able to wrench her mouth from his to look up at him with angry , blazing eyes . |
| 27 | ‘ Maybe you do n't know as much about me as you think , ’ Niall said huskily , a wealth of controlled feeling in the way he held her from him to look down at her . |
| 28 | He raised himself up from her to look down on her face , to witness the sweet pleasure that parted her lips sensuously and filmed moisture to her brow . |
| 29 | She rested on the boulder and from it looked down to where the river ran shallow and offered a breeding ground to a lively population of insects . |
| 30 | ‘ My dining room faces north and is difficult to heat , ’ he had said to Ianthe , and now he stood in it looking out of the window at the cold March day , fully conscious of his words . |