Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] looked [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you stepped out of hiding and fronted me , this same face looked over your shoulder . |
| 2 | A door in the right-hand wall opened , and a curly blonde head looked out . |
| 3 | A few black-gowned priests looked up startled . |
| 4 | The dark blue eyes looked up , met hers . |
| 5 | Innocent and anxious , her father 's long-lashed dark eyes looked up bright as swords . |
| 6 | The three handsome giants looked down at him with wooden menace . |
| 7 | To the Jew this was the great saving act of God to which all later generations looked back with thankfulness . |
| 8 | From within these , a pair of deep grey eyes looked up at him . |
| 9 | The question presented itself at yesterday 's Foyle 's lunch in Mayfair , when the distinguished scientist Sir Rudolf Peierls took an early siesta during an interesting speech by Lord Zuckerman , whose new book we were celebrating , and who at that very moment looked down the top table and described Peierls , rightly , as ‘ one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists ever ’ . |
| 10 | I thought again of the Sacrifice Poles ; more deliberately this time , picturing each one in turn , remembering their positions and their components , seeing in my mind what those sightless eyes looked out to , and flicking through each view like a security guard changing cameras on a monitor screen . |
| 11 | Numerous tiny apartments looked out onto these ever-smaller back courtyards , and ( contrary to Holbrecht 's prescriptions ) filled the cellars of the buildings . |
| 12 | Those left standing looked around sheepishly , as though , like Adam and Eve , they suddenly found they were naked and in the open . |
| 13 | It seemed one hundred years that those poor people looked up at him — at Gabriel the fraud — and waited for a miracle . |
| 14 | The small round window looked down over Knockglen , along the tree-lined drive of the convent through the big gates and down the broad main street of the town . |
| 15 | Small eager faces looked up and listened . |
| 16 | Several stranded passengers looked on as the driver stepped down from the cab and was arrested . |
| 17 | Several more ladies looked round sharply at the tea table , as Mrs Frizzell tried to snatch her purchases back . |
| 18 | It was different , because the hair was fair and the mouth was smiling , but the same pale blue eyes looked out at her . |
| 19 | The two old boys looked up from their dominoes . |
| 20 | It was on the top floor and its two large windows looked out across St. Stephen 's Green and the College of Surgeons was clearly visible across the tops of the bare trees . |
| 21 | Riding on again , down the road which they thought would be the easiest route to the Fire Court , Fenella began to have the feeling that the twisty Tree stumps were not Tree stumps at all , but horrid , stunted living things and that malicious ancient eyes looked out from their depths . |
| 22 | From the reception area , the other two newcomers looked up sharply . |
| 23 | But , it was said , he took him to his flat and indecently assaulted him while two other men looked on . |
| 24 | A friendly Asian face looked through at us , gave us our tickets , and pointed to the black double doors further in . |