Example sentences of "[pron] looked at [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 When I 'm about to tell you a story , I thought to myself well stories that Jesus used to tell were parables and when I looked at them in the bible they had a kingdom meaning to them .
2 I looked at him across the table like you look at a pet dog that 's enjoying the Nourishing Marrowbone Jelly you 've just given it .
3 I looked at him over the roof .
4 When I looked at him in the darkness , I began to wonder if all of what he had told me earlier could be some trick on me , played by the spirits who had sent him .
5 I looked at myself in the mirror .
6 I looked at myself in the rearview mirror .
7 I looked at myself in the mirror .
8 I looked at myself in the mirror on the dressing-table over on the other side of the room .
9 I looked , I looked at it in the dark I did n't know what I was staring
10 Yes , his looked at it in the last couple of days , so he said within within another week or so he 's having the whole done with them .
11 ‘ It got to the point that if someone looked at me on the street I thought they were responsible . ’
12 Nobody looked at him from the windows .
13 I guess I could pass for short and fat if you looked at me through the end of a glass of liquor . ’
14 She looked at me across the dining table , frowned and said , ‘ I do n't see the point . ’
15 My tutor was a delightful stern lady , and I remember when I had written about John 's gospel , the epistles of John , and the book of Revelation , she looked at me over the top of her spectacles and announced ‘ Young man , you have assumed that because these books have all been attributed to a man named John , that they are all by the same person , who was also an apostle .
16 She looked at me in the candle-light .
17 She looked at him for the first time , then lowered her eyes again .
18 She looked at him with the confidence of a beautiful woman who was used to getting her own way .
19 At the last moment , when the engine blew steam , she let down the window and handed him an envelope addressed to St Ives ; she looked at him with the eyes of one waking from a dangerous dream .
20 She looked at him over the top of her glass .
21 She looked at him over the rim of her glass .
22 She looked at him over the top of her cup .
23 Kate had liked it : you could tell by the way she fingered the material , by the way she looked at herself in the mirror with her chin lifted just a little higher than usual .
24 She looked at herself in the mirror , knowing that she looked good .
25 She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled , thinking that only the birds could see her .
26 She looked at herself in the mirror .
27 They looked at her in the flickering light of the matches .
28 They looked at themselves in the Hall of a Million Mirrors .
29 It looked at me in the kind of easy , assessing way dogs on their peculiar errands do look at strangers — and then looked again , and stopped dead : his hackles rose : he backed , he made a kind of howling noise , turned tail , and fled .
30 In the early evening of the next day he dressed himself in his best suit and wore a clean shirt and a razor tight collar ; he looked at himself in the mirror , yes , he looked good , almost handsome , one must die with dignity .
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