Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] looked at the " in BNC.

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1 They achieved this by combining two different methods : a longitudinal study , following the same children for four years from before they were able in read until they had been at school for two or three years ; and a training programme that looked at the effect of giving pre-school children specific training in categorising sounds .
2 I sat with my head between my legs and looked at the dirt-encrusted toenails of the silent Yugoslavian on my left until-'Jennings ' was called from the next room .
3 Nell raised her eyes and looked at the rest of the body ; and caught her breath .
4 She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals .
5 He followed her , but stopped in the living room doorway and looked at the room .
6 Then she got the photographs out of her handbag and looked at the view of the swimming-pool .
7 One night , she got up and turned on the light and looked at the sweet , bland face of Jesus , the Light of the World , in the picture over the mantelpiece .
8 In any case , most City people put politics to one side and looked at the nascent company as a simple business proposition .
9 Amanda Fergusson now rested her book on her lap and looked at the ceiling in alarm .
10 He blew out his fat , purpled cheeks , dug his hands deep in his breeches pockets and looked at the sky with a martyred air .
11 She went to the window and looked at the sky .
12 Now , we 've used this technique in invasive bladder cancer , and we 've quantified the micro-vascularity in a group of invasive cancers and looked at the prognosis and metastasis .
13 He pulled out a bundle and looked at the first address , but he did n't recognise it .
14 She put them under her raincoat in the basket and looked at the receipt the chemist had handed her from the till ; there was no evidence that she had paid for these items .
15 Mike pushed the papers back across the desk and looked at the Old Man , who raised his eyebrows questioningly .
16 Claudia sat behind her desk and looked at the date to which Myra had just drawn her attention .
17 He picked up the glass case and looked at the bird reflectively .
18 Anna heard a noise and looked at the door .
19 Refreshed , I went up on deck and looked at the waves .
20 They stopped beside Mrs McAllister 's resting-place and looked at the ground in silence .
21 We ran into the warm waves like little children , and swam and did duck dives and looked at the strangely corrugated sand under the water , and kept an eye open for jellyfish and pointed shells and silver fishes in the groves of coral that cropped up here and there along the sea bed .
22 She finished her notes and looked at the list of suspects .
23 I felt at the torn threads in my blouse and looked at the grazed skin underneath and shuddered , but I was all right and so was the tree .
24 When the policeman told him what was wanted he removed his hat , wiped his brow and looked at the sky — it was mid-afternoon , and there would be only three hours of light remaining .
25 She walked slowly back to her room and looked at the dress lying ready across the bed .
26 With a small grim smile of satisfaction , he went back to the utility room and looked at the power switches .
27 Uncle Alfred lifted his head and looked at the sky .
28 But when there was no retort from her granddaughter , she turned her head and looked at the young woman lying with her back against the head of the couch , her eyes closed , the muscles of her jaws showing white through the skin , and , her tone changing , she enquired , ‘ What is it , dear ?
29 I jumped up on to my bunk and looked at the others sitting around playing cards , arguing with each other or lying on their beds staring at the ceiling .
30 All I remember thinking of as I pushed the trolley and looked at the red face and eyebrows was , My friend , you are about to take the longest journey a man ever takes in this life .
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