Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] look [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NEW-LOOK Darlington made Shrewsbury look distinctly second best as the Quakers recorded their fourth away win of the season . |
| 2 | Something in her voice made Patrick look up . |
| 3 | What made Bella look up as she passed the sitting room door , Cassie was never to learn . |
| 4 | There was some nuance of intimacy in her tone that made Richard look up in surprise and then look at Frank . |
| 5 | She took her to , to the Sands and let her off the lead and she went bounding off , and she looked even funnier actually because she , er Doreen the owner had three little Yorkshire Terriers who made Penny look even more huge . |
| 6 | Later I turned a page and uttered a gasp of stunned surprise that made Edward look up from the manuscript he scrutinized . |
| 7 | The tone of his voice made Grimma look up . |
| 8 | In the icy smack of the delousing shower Marcus caught Gleeson looking appraisingly at his body . |
| 9 | In 1931 , Horton visited Denmark to look more closely at the Folk Schools and their relationships with the trade unions , farmers ' co-operatives , and other cultural and social movements , and though he was in part disappointed by the fact that the Folk Schools had moved away from their original aims and methods , he was able to speak to many people who were involved in this movement and added another dimension to the idea which was eventually to find its expression in Highlander . |
| 10 | His words made Tallis look sadly towards the mortuary house , a last shiver of loss making her huddle into her furs . |
| 11 | This phrase caused Bert to look oddly , but she said he had a shitty family , and the brother was the only decent person in it . |
| 12 | Now , in the dream influence of the moon , Fenna told Maggie to look down on all the kingdoms of the world , and across China she saw the snaking of the Great Wall . |
| 13 | I read another poem on the wall written by a God-fearing Captain who had been killed in Algeria , in which he implored God to look sparingly on humble soldiers performing their divine task as warriors of Christianity . |
| 14 | Something in Seb 's voice made Carrie look up at him sharply . |
| 15 | The sarcasm in her tone made Burun look back quickly , and she laughed . |
| 16 | He begged permission to look inside it , which the airport authorities granted , knowing that he could neither fly nor navigate . |
| 17 | It encouraged Baldersdale to look up and beyond its natural boundaries . |
| 18 | They were in a wine bar not far from the studios , and every time the door opened Preston looked up nervously in case it was one of their colleagues , or the Corsican with a sawn-off shotgun . |
| 19 | The therapist encouraged Tony to look back at what had and had not changed , and stressed the efforts Tony had made to bring some structure and pleasure to his weekly routine , and to pursue his search for a job . |
| 20 | It was the oldest cottage in the area and I spent hours looking out to sea . |
| 21 | THE BROODING , lidded eyes look over the coffee cup . |
| 22 | When we asked staff to look closely at these figures , it turned out that about half in each case , 5% ( June ) and 45 ( November ) , were what the staff would classify as ‘ real truants ’ . |
| 23 | In addition , the industrial revolution was under way and its accompanying drabness made people look back to more romantic ages . |
| 24 | Because , ’ she qualified hastily as he broke stride to look narrowly at her , ‘ I 've never travelled this way before . |
| 25 | High , frescoed ceilings looked down on a marble floor worn smooth over the centuries . |
| 26 | The raw bitterness in his tone made Folly look round at him , startled . |
| 27 | Malik made Lewis look fairly ordinary , and it took the return of Mallender to remove the seventh wicket , just on the stroke of lunch . |
| 28 | As they joined the road , an impulse made Mungo look back . |
| 29 | Something in her voice made Anne look searchingly at her , and after a moment she folded the letter and took her sister 's hand . |
| 30 | There was a sharpness in her tone that made Constance look up . |