Example sentences of "to look at his " in BNC.
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| 1 | In another passage our final text reads ‘ His words were as if meant for himself , but he spoke them aloud , and he continued for some time to look at his sister like a man perplexed . ’ |
| 2 | The magazine text brings in the paradox of public and yet as if private utterance : ‘ His words were as if spoken to himself , but he spoke them aloud , and he continued for some time to look at his sister like a man perplexed . ’ |
| 3 | He pestered anyone who came along to look at his back and examine it for spots . |
| 4 | He did not for a while want to look at his own face . |
| 5 | She turned his wrist over to look at his watch . |
| 6 | He made money by charging people to look at his coffins . |
| 7 | I might then ask him to look at his hands and see whether they are those of someone who does manual work or whether they seem to belong to a well-to-do person . |
| 8 | But he had used their bathroom and was back in bed again before he realized that he had forgotten to look at his daughter . |
| 9 | Christie could n't bear to look at his wife ; he only half-turned . |
| 10 | The registrar was regarding me over the top of his spectacles and trying not to look at his watch . |
| 11 | He held up his wrist to look at his watch by the nearest lamp . |
| 12 | Titian would be a great master even if the time should come when nobody wants to look at his paintings . |
| 13 | Nick said in a shrill voice , ‘ That 's a new blouse , Auntie Lou , ’ and Mr Evans turned from Carrie to look at his sister . |
| 14 | The Collector started up with a groan , glaring wildly at Miriam , who could hardly bear to look at his red , bloated face . |
| 15 | Patrick turned to look at his sister . |
| 16 | " Do you regret what you 've done ? " she asked , moving around so that she was able to look at his face . |
| 17 | This child had been asked to look at his foot carefully ‘ as if he 's never seen it before ’ . |
| 18 | The writer who seeks to control or dictate the responses of his reader outside the boundaries of the text itself , is comparable to a card-player who gets up periodically from his place , goes round the table to look at his opponent 's hand , and advises him what cards to lay . |
| 19 | It is interesting , however , to look at his very recent designs for the chair called Elémentaire , manufactured by Ligne Roset , which bears more than a passing resemblance to the spooky opera house . |
| 20 | I 'm asking you , you sh you got loads to look at his hair . |
| 21 | If he were to look at his life rationally — as in his most philosophical moments he liked to think he did — then there was no questioning the profile . |
| 22 | Ellwood continued to look at his reflection in the glass . |
| 23 | He even pulled back his cuff to look at his watch . |
| 24 | Then he turned back to look at his son . |
| 25 | Gregson turned to look at his companion . |
| 26 | He was almost home before he thought to look at his watch . |
| 27 | And when he passed me I did not like to look at his face because it was dark like the shadows of the hill , and when he reached the door he laughed and I did not like to hear him laugh , and when he reached the yard he stopped because Beuno was there and he said to him , ‘ She 'll be all right now . |
| 28 | Spatz said , turning to look at his Senior Technician . |
| 29 | She moved round behind the crowd to look at his face . |
| 30 | " You 're a fraud , Richard , " Graham said , turning to look at his friend . |