Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] look [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not just that high myth looks down towards low present reality . |
| 2 | Nowadays ryokan supply guests with a small suite including private bathroom separate toilet ( western ) , a small dressing/undressing room , and often a narrow wooden porch looking out on to the garden where there is the only reminder of western custom , a small table and two easy chairs . |
| 3 | She stared at him with her beautiful Indian eyes , puzzled I am sure by this tall man looking down at her . |
| 4 | Some good ones to look out for are the 1940's style Retro Dryer from Clairol , £24.95 . |
| 5 | Another good show to look out for this month is the Afro Hair & Beauty exhibition which this year celebrates its 10th Anniversary . |
| 6 | Do n't miss this great opportunity to look out for are swallowtail butterflies , hawker dragonflies and spectacular orchids on a natural history ramble around Blue Marshes National Nature Reserve in the Broads . |
| 7 | The rugged mountains and hills form an impressive backdrop , and inland peaceful villages look out across orange and lemon groves . |
| 8 | But there are a few general pointers to look out for . |
| 9 | When you stepped out of hiding and fronted me , this same face looked over your shoulder . |
| 10 | A door in the right-hand wall opened , and a curly blonde head looked out . |
| 11 | A few black-gowned priests looked up startled . |
| 12 | At the back of the fort they diverted the Jumna and laid in its place a main road so that the delicate Mughal pavilions look out , not on to the source of the Waters of Paradise , but on to Mahatma Gandhi Marg , the most noisy and polluted stretch of the Delhi Ring Road . |
| 13 | Viola Machin , panting , looked hard at Hilda 's pert little face looking up at her with a twisted , triumphant smile . |
| 14 | The dark blue eyes looked up , met hers . |
| 15 | Innocent and anxious , her father 's long-lashed dark eyes looked up bright as swords . |
| 16 | I saw a man with a large black beard looking out of the taxi window . |
| 17 | Singly and in groups , these aristocratic figures look down on us from the walls of the Crousel-Robelin-Bama gallery , proud survivors of a vanishing world . |
| 18 | Instantly , without warning or provocation , to a man these visiting Whites look up , point at me , and break very loudly into a repeated chorus of ‘ YOU — ARE — CANTONA , SAY YOU ARE CANTONA ’ . |
| 19 | He had known the poor child was not robust : this was the basis on which he had been invited to treat , through an English lady , an Oxford acquaintance , then at Nice , who happened to know both his needs and those of the amiable American family looking out for something really superior in the way of a resident tutor ( 11 ) . |
| 20 | Three new titles to look out for |
| 21 | The three handsome giants looked down at him with wooden menace . |
| 22 | It would not take much to turn fiercely independent professionals into demoralised , tame civil servants looking over their shoulders rather than at patients . |
| 23 | To the Jew this was the great saving act of God to which all later generations looked back with thankfulness . |
| 24 | All good detectives look around the room , ’ murmured Antony . |
| 25 | From within these , a pair of deep grey eyes looked up at him . |
| 26 | Here a tasteful modern development looks out onto the statue of Christ ( similar to but much smaller than those in Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon ) , which was inaugurated in 1927 . |
| 27 | There are many tell-tale signs to look out for : |
| 28 | 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 ’ . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Numerous tiny apartments looked out onto these ever-smaller back courtyards , and ( contrary to Holbrecht 's prescriptions ) filled the cellars of the buildings . |