Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] look [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For allowing ourselves to look at the report and find the actions , and not just the actions themselves . |
| 2 | He found himself looking towards the floor but could see nothing , and so shook his head . |
| 3 | The membrane broke open and he found himself looking at a little horse 's head lying upon a pair of stretched out forelegs , a perfect little head with shell-like curling nostrils and a narrow white blaze , and wet , flattened-down ears . |
| 4 | Delaney found himself looking at a cargo vessel with a very high superstructure three-quarters aft . |
| 5 | Peter opened one at random and found himself looking at a photograph of Kate . |
| 6 | Huy found himself looking at the man 's lips alone , and the spittle switching from one to the other , in horrified fascination and to the exclusion of everything else . |
| 7 | Lewis found himself looking at the back page of The Oxford Times which lay on the desk . |
| 8 | Rincewind made the mistake of glancing downwards , and found himself looking through the dragon to the treetops below . |
| 9 | As he handed the child to his mother , the little mouth opened in a yawn and George found himself looking into a pair of slate blue eyes . |
| 10 | But instead of the greed-crazed madman he expected , he found himself looking into the round red face of a Sergeant of the Watch . |
| 11 | It was then he knew for certain that the oriental he had just shot was not the one from whom he had wanted to exact retribution for injuring Pam — because at the other end of the corridor he found himself looking into the glittering black eyes of his hated enemy , Angel One . |
| 12 | The last time she had woken from sleep it had been to find herself looking into the blue eyes of a dangerous enemy ; now the enemy was a friend . |
| 13 | Leaning away slightly as Ibn Fayoud enveloped her in his gowns and aftershave , Kelly found herself looking at a smiling Annie . |
| 14 | When her lashes lifted she found herself looking at a name . |
| 15 | Drawing it out , she found herself looking at a face which was striking both for its good looks and its expression of surprise . |
| 16 | Beth shuffled her feet in the awkward silence and found herself looking at the second man more closely . |
| 17 | ‘ Let me take that , ’ said a male voice and turning she found herself looking into a pair of startlingly blue eyes . |
| 18 | Glad that her limited knowledge of Danish included an apology , she blinked away her tears , raising her eyes to the stranger 's face and freezing as completely as Lot 's wife as she found herself looking into the ice-blue eyes of the man she loved . |
| 19 | A sound had her spinning round and she found herself looking into the astonished eyes of Marie as the girl slid from her bicycle and walked forwards to confront her . |
| 20 | Lowering her head , Loretta stepped through the narrow gap , and found herself looking from the shadow of the gateway across a carefully tended lawn to the far side of the college . |
| 21 | Then before she resumed her snail-slow progress back to bed she steeled herself to look in the mirror above the washbasin . |
| 22 | Where was such-and-such street , I asked , or the beautiful shop where my mother regularly bought her hats and gloves , or the church with the gilded domes , or the cake shop which had such a show of delicate confections at Christmas time , or the butcher 's where I could hardly bring myself to look at the great sides of dead meat hanging on hooks , or the musty bookshop , smelling of dust and leather , kept by the bent old man whose white hair seemed to be falling off the back of his head , leaving his bald crown all shiny and hopeful and new ? |
| 23 | Typically , Simple Men hardly strains itself looking for an audience . |
| 24 | If we examine what it is one participant is ready to see that other participants might read into a situation and what it is that will cause him to provide ritual remedies , followed by relief for these efforts , we find ourselves looking at the central moral traditions of Western culture . |
| 25 | He had found himself looking into the infinitely complex growth of stem and grass and leaf and tendril and fine twig that covered the moor in a thick springy upholstery , but also beyond this , through and beside this , into clear darkness . |
| 26 | Samuel Butler offers his readers a helpful hint : ‘ to know whether you are enjoying a piece of music or not , you must see whether you find yourself looking at the advertisement of Pears soap at the end of the programme ’ . |
| 27 | Francis forced himself to look at the screens again , and he could see that there were less of the winged creatures flitting among the struts and cables . |
| 28 | First , it 's hard to stop oneself looking at the scene , it 's so fascinating . |
| 29 | For if we suppose this we shall fall into an infinite regress ; we shall find ourselves looking for a further interpretation . |
| 30 | Jackson tried to make himself look like a man again . |