Example sentences of "[noun] look [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The complacent citizen looks up and sees a distant jet 's contrails , whooshing along in impressive white streams . |
| 2 | We keep saying that to Steve if he ca n't figure out something me and Marie look up and say get a fitter ! |
| 3 | Romeo is a good choice , and there are many speeches to look over and consider , but think also about the not so familiar young lover Troilus ; Bassanio , Lorenzo and Graziano , from the Merchant of Venice all make good choices too . |
| 4 | Toby looked down and grimaced . |
| 5 | Dot looked upwards and saw the smiling clown . |
| 6 | Dot looked down and saw only the tussocky grass and a flat square stone . |
| 7 | Corbett looked away and gazed around ; the room had grown larger ; he turned and saw Thomas smiling at him as if through a haze . |
| 8 | Ranulf took up the argument as Corbett looked away and thought of old Dame Martha drowning in her bath-water . |
| 9 | Corbett looked up and tried to rise , the skulls in the cross-beam of the house opened their mouths and bellowed with laughter . |
| 10 | Lucy looked down and realised that she was still carrying the switchblade . |
| 11 | As we walked into the cafe , a couple of the local farmers in denim overalls and caps looked up and welcomed us . |
| 12 | In old age Ramsey looked back and knew that this was the hardest decision of his life . |
| 13 | One day , in Times Square , Dustin looked up and saw his face for the first time on a billboard . |
| 14 | Ann looked up and forced a smile ; and when Jennifer glanced up the table at the master of the house , Harry replied with a wink . |
| 15 | Meredith looked back and blew a rasp at them . |
| 16 | Madame Gautier looked up and caught Ellie 's eye just for a moment , and the glance seemed to say , See ? |
| 17 | Sir Richard looked up and smiled . |
| 18 | The dark eyes looked up and saw Jenna 's interest . |
| 19 | Kathleen looked up and moved her hands , bending the long fingers experimentally at the joints , turning her wrist . |
| 20 | Donna looked up and saw the steward coming up the aisle . |
| 21 | Donna looked closely and frowned . |
| 22 | Tepilit looks up and sees Leavitt . |
| 23 | Visitors look around and find themselves at a party , surrounded by chatting people , but their journey takes on a new twist as they glass is tipped , a face looms over the rim and they are poured into the drinkers throat . |
| 24 | Budgets compel management to look ahead and set short-term targets . |
| 25 | The boy looked up and asked : |
| 26 | Léonie looked away and coughed . |
| 27 | Hardly a word had passed between them but now the gunman looked up and said quietly , ‘ There is nothing that I can do . ’ |
| 28 | However , just as Norman had got up and down from another bunker for his last round of 69 , so did Beck , firmly sinking a putt of six feet as the Australian looked on and reflected on what might have been . |
| 29 | Katherine looked up and removed her glasses again . |
| 30 | Maggie looked down and saw it moving at some speed ; dust flung up in a stream behind it and it was waiting as they taxied to a halt . |