Example sentences of "[coord] look at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sixty-eight per cent of the population have read or looked at it in the past year . |
| 2 | The point is that many an insect was saved by an exceedingly slight resemblance to a twig or a leaf or a fall of dung , on occasions when it was far away from a predator , or on occasions when the predator was looking at it at dusk , or looking at it through a fog , or looking at it while distracted by a receptive female . |
| 3 | We can not literally weigh religious truth-claims or look at them through a micro- scope . |
| 4 | Or to look at it from the social point of view — he 's just one man among many , the loss would be well within reason and convenience . |
| 5 | Or to look at it in another way , if all the defaulters in community charge payments were paying their due amount , perhaps these closures would not be necessary . |
| 6 | He drinks from his can and looks at me over the top of it . |
| 7 | The girl who is almost as silent as me and looks at me with such horror . |
| 8 | ‘ He stands and looks at them for a long time . |
| 9 | She smoothes the dress out against her front and looks at it in the mirror . |
| 10 | The last time I had seen him , on the night of the fire , he had held my hands , told me I had saved his life , and looked at me as if he loved me . |
| 11 | In addition I explained to her that , having found the original event and looked at it through adult eyes , there was no danger that she would put an end to one problem only to replace it with another , as might have happened if we had not investigated its origins . |
| 12 | She found herself opening her eyes , and looking at him with dazed longing . |
| 13 | At other times , mostly when he smiled in that particular way of Tyler 's , leaning his head sideways and looking at her with incredible love in his sparkling green eyes , she found it unbelievably painful . |
| 14 | He again knew what it was to feel embarrassed when , on the Monday dinner time , he went into the NAAM , and looking at her over the counter , he said , ‘ Hello there , ’ and she answered , ‘ Hello , yourself . ’ |
| 15 | She demurred a little when he said , picking up his teacup , and looking at her over the top of it , ‘ You never answered my question , Miss McAllister . |
| 16 | Now well I 'm sitting there , Robert 's my customer and like I 'm sitting there and he comes out with this fabulous spiel , right , as this objection , right , that was word perfect and he 's sitting there after he 's finished it as smug as anything and looking at me as if to say so what are you gon na do about that then ? |
| 17 | Anyway I 'll , I 'll just finish er telling you this , so Robert 's then sitting back smug with himself and looking at me as if to say what do you think about then , and I 'm thinking I 've heard these words before , where have I heard these words before |
| 18 | ‘ I 've never known such a miserable bride , ’ she went on , standing back and looking at me with some affection , but more disapproval . |
| 19 | It 's no good coming over and looking at me like that Rick . |
| 20 | Kirov dipped his hand into his pocket , pulling out the freshly stamped papers and looking at them in amazement . |
| 21 | But there they were , four of them , just where they said they 'd be , in a clearing on a bend in the river , naked as nature intended , standing very upright which still did n't make them very tall and looking at us without any fear . |
| 22 | Now having said that and looking at it with an open mind I think it was certainly a very useful day . |
| 23 | The unexpected admission made her heart leap , causing her to turn and look at him with eyes that were bright with hope . |
| 24 | But Samantha Sherratt of the Howard League for Penal Reform said : ‘ I would n't want people paying money to come and look at me as if I was in a zoo or a fishbowl . |
| 25 | But a spokeswoman for the Howard League for Penal Reform fumed : ‘ If I was in jail I would n't want people paying money to come and look at me as if I was in a zoo . ’ |
| 26 | Are you like Oscar Wilde , who said , ‘ I love work , I can sit and look at it for hours ’ ? |
| 27 | But that I must try and look at it like this : that Mama had been her very special baby — and so had I. So that could never be the same again . |
| 28 | He had probably come to the same conclusion and if she tried to give some kind of explanation he would raise his eyebrows and look at her in astonishment , and she would feel utterly foolish . |
| 29 | No , no , do n't interrupt me and look at me with those wild eyes . |
| 30 | As he was saying goodbye today , I saw him open his mouth and look at me in that way . |