Example sentences of "[conj] looked at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She turned over and looked at the illuminated dial of her alarm clock . |
| 32 | But for the present I ca n't — ’ He broke off , and looked at the three dates again . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | She turned round and looked at the brass-dialled clock sitting starkly on a red brick wall to the side of them and added , ‘ Only half-past eight . ’ |
| 36 | Remembering a detail with sudden clarity , Charles knelt down and looked at the left-hand side of the front bumper . |
| 37 | The doctor punched this open and looked at the little blue face inside . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | Daniel laughed angrily , and looked at the wild , empty sea . |
| 40 | I walked up and down on the bed , to control my trembling legs , and looked at the dead rat . |
| 41 | Now he knelt down and looked at the dead girl curiously . |
| 42 | She snapped shut the diary and looked at the next piece of paper . |
| 43 | Mike pushed the papers back across the desk and looked at the Old Man , who raised his eyebrows questioningly . |
| 44 | The child stared towards it as if in recognition of something held in memory ; then she turned and looked at the old woman , who was sitting on the couch unlacing her boots , and she said , ‘ You have a garden . ’ |
| 45 | Monks hesitated and looked at the old man , but Mr Brownlow 's expression was so serious and determined that the younger man realized it was pointless to protest . |