Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] and looked [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 When I opened an upstairs window and looked into the ravine ( this was in winter , so it was easy to see the tracks ) , Zverev 's works , and those of some other artists , were lying out in the snow .
2 She washed up the lunch things and looked into the fridge .
3 He followed her , but stopped in the living room doorway and looked at the room .
4 They used to be part and parcel of the water authorities and looked after the rivers when we were one big body , as a water authority .
5 Drawing a deep breath to hide a flicker of nervousness , he stood at the great carved oak lectern and looked along the stalls at the nuns who sat before him there , so composed in their wimples of white and the dark garb of their Order .
6 Adam sat on the bank among the bulrushes and the great , pale , leathery hosta leaves and looked at the house with its canopy of roses and honeysuckle , the martins ' nest under the eaves , the long terrace with Zeus in his various avatars and his loves disporting themselves along the flint wall .
7 She went over to the vegetable patch and looked at the earth for a while .
8 He blew out his fat , purpled cheeks , dug his hands deep in his breeches pockets and looked at the sky with a martyred air .
9 He picked up the glass case and looked at the bird reflectively .
10 With a small grim smile of satisfaction , he went back to the utility room and looked at the power switches .
11 Peggy sat down at the kitchen table and looked at the mail .
12 She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals .
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