Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] look [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried looking out of the window to the hospital 's green lawns and the tall eucalypts that stood motionless against a gloriously blue August sky , but found that looking away seemed too impolite . |
| 2 | ‘ Right you great wammock , ’ he shouted and looked round for something to pelt . |
| 3 | When he rose and looked around , the breathing stopped . |
| 4 | We went home refreshed and look forward in great anticipation to next year . |
| 5 | Finally , exhausted , she stopped and looked up . |
| 6 | Ben stopped and looked up from what he was doing . |
| 7 | Trevor Magee stopped and looked up as the pigeons took off , anxious to avoid him as he made his way across Trafalgar Square . |
| 8 | ‘ Also — ’ She stopped and looked up , and Snodgrass said , ‘ Someone 's coming . ’ |
| 9 | He stopped and looked up . |
| 10 | He stopped and looked up at the tangle of gaunt branches above him . |
| 11 | The night was cold and black but when he stopped and looked up between the black overhanging gables of the houses , he was pleased to see the clouds beginning to break up . |
| 12 | After a few paces I stopped and looked around . |
| 13 | Everyone stopped and looked around and one or two voices shouted back to him along the valley . |
| 14 | When the woman reached the centre of the bridge , she stopped and looked around anxiously . |
| 15 | I am not — ’ He stopped and looked round , almost in alarm , at a noise outside the door . |
| 16 | But just as Jesus and the following crowd passed under Zacchaeus ' perch , Jesus stopped and looked straight up at him . |
| 17 | ’ Glastonbury stopped and looked worriedly at Pooley . |
| 18 | Nearing the platelayer 's cabin , they both stopped and looked back . |
| 19 | He continued up the hill , and she went on down ; but a few paces further on she stopped and looked back , and it was at that precise moment that it happened , because he had turned back as well and for a few moments they looked longingly at each other , each tongue-tied , but each sure , now , of the other 's feelings . |
| 20 | And I went two or three steps down the stairs before I stopped and looked back . |
| 21 | I drove twenty yards ahead so that the bus would not be blocking my way when it stopped at the bus stop , then I stopped and looked back . |
| 22 | Mrs Rae stopped and looked back . |
| 23 | Franz pulled Therese 's arm through his and began to lead her up the track towards the car park , but she stopped and looked back . |
| 24 | Rachel stopped and looked back at him in surprise . |
| 25 | He stopped and looked back over his shoulder . |
| 26 | he stopped and looked blankly at my battle-dress , ‘ Are you an officer ? ’ he asked quickly . |
| 27 | Sarah stopped and looked down at her feet . |
| 28 | When we reached the road we stopped and looked down again at the little house . |
| 29 | He stopped and looked down at her , his eyes moving over her face . |
| 30 | He stopped and looked down at her . |