Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] look [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The rugged mountains and hills form an impressive backdrop , and inland peaceful villages look out across orange and lemon groves . |
| 3 | A door in the right-hand wall opened , and a curly blonde head looked out . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Viola Machin , panting , looked hard at Hilda 's pert little face looking up at her with a twisted , triumphant smile . |
| 6 | The dark blue eyes looked up , met hers . |
| 7 | Innocent and anxious , her father 's long-lashed dark eyes looked up bright as swords . |
| 8 | I saw a man with a large black beard looking out of the taxi window . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | It would not take much to turn fiercely independent professionals into demoralised , tame civil servants looking over their shoulders rather than at patients . |
| 11 | From within these , a pair of deep grey eyes looked up at him . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Numerous tiny apartments looked out onto these ever-smaller back courtyards , and ( contrary to Holbrecht 's prescriptions ) filled the cellars of the buildings . |
| 14 | In beautiful native gardens looking out over the magnificent Belle Mare Beach , this new hotel 's rooms all overlook the sea . |
| 15 | Its brightly coloured bill and large head make it seem a bit top heavy and the small black tail looks out of place in comparison to the bulky body . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Small eager faces looked up and listened . |
| 18 | A photograph taken to accompany the release on the Tadchester Development Zone might show the Minister cutting the red tape with the various local officials looking on . |
| 19 | Today this city-state is a pleasant mixture of Chinese , Malay and Indian cultures — temples and mosques fight for airspace with skyscrapers , and wide tree-lined avenues with gracious colonial buildings look out to the sparkling sea . |
| 20 | It was different , because the hair was fair and the mouth was smiling , but the same pale blue eyes looked out at her . |
| 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 | The other two windows look over the thatched roof of the kitchen hut to a stand of eucalyptus trees , the waters of the lake and the mainland peninsula of Capachica . |
| 23 | From the reception area , the other two newcomers looked up sharply . |
| 24 | Some 171 full members and 107 alternate members ( with 300 other sundry officials looking on ) met to agree on the new ‘ proposals for the ten-year programme ( 1991–2000 ) and eighth five-year plan ( 1991–95 ) ’ . |
| 25 | The entire ski centre would then be laid out before him , a brightly-lit , deserted playland with one sole scared occupant looking out towards the woods . |
| 26 | A friendly Asian face looked through at us , gave us our tickets , and pointed to the black double doors further in . |
| 27 | Tolonen stared at him a moment , nodding , his lips pressed tightly together , his earnest grey eyes looking out from a face carved like granite . |