Example sentences of "[conj] he looked [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the mouth told him that he looked on the face of his friend . |
| 2 | Lou never even looked , on Tuesday and Friday nights , any more than he looked at the instrument he played . |
| 3 | Rochers town , we were only a short way and we went to this house , we were only young coppers , and we had this friend call on us and we looked out , he was going back into the car and he looked down the street and he said , my God there 's an awful lot of children around here , they must do nothing but screw all the time |
| 4 | Then he arose in fear , and called for light , and it was brought him ; and he looked for the leper and could see nothing ; so he returned into the bed , leaving the light burning . |
| 5 | So he took religion terribly seriously , but he believed in science and he looked at the Bible and said well what does this really mean ? |
| 6 | And he looked at the letter and he looked at that photograph and he thought , I ca n't . |
| 7 | After we went through the second door , Buff stood without moving and he looked at the trees and did n't say anything . |
| 8 | Holly held the mug between his two hands , and his palms were warmed , and he looked into the murk of the liquid . |
| 9 | And something else ; something he saw as the curtain tore away and he looked into the depths of the unbelievable face above him , fractionally dulled his reflexes . |
| 10 | She thought , as what she said registered and he looked towards the couch , that he looked grateful , and wondered if he was vaguely remembering that the last time he 'd been plastered he had spent the night on that same couch . |
| 11 | The crowd of women and the big man had gone out into the street , but the thin man remained ; and he looked from the child towards the closed door before he , too , turned and went out . |
| 12 | So he went through all the glasses until finally they said to me , ‘ Take yours off , ’ and they fitted Rock Hudson perfectly , and he looked in the mirror and said , ‘ I think I look rather good in glasses . ’ |
| 13 | He did so , and he looked like the questioner in the studio audience rather than the answerer . |
| 14 | If he looked into the device , he may have left something of himself . ’ |
| 15 | In Fleming 's time , most bacteriologists would simply have thrown the spoiled culture away , but he looked for the cause . |
| 16 | But he looked beyond the telephone book , and studied pricing and contracts in some detail . |
| 17 | Together with Simon , Piggy had always got different solutions for problems because he looked at the world scientifically . |
| 18 | The researcher could be heard in the next room , stalling on the telephone while he looked through the file for the references . |
| 19 | He believed he was as beautiful as ever when he looked into the glass , but perhaps the AIDS scare had stopped them picking up older men in bars . |
| 20 | ‘ Show me , ’ whispered Wynne-Jones , but when he looked through the mask he could see no more than the darkness . |
| 21 | A frown of puzzlement creased his brow when he looked at the cover . |
| 22 | WHEN bought Burston windmill he could never have envisaged all the changes which would take place — but he always chuckled when he looked at the map — geographically he had bought the high ground . |
| 23 | When he looked at the picture of Tace he might have been looking into a mirror . |
| 24 | Mr I think suggested that er on the basis of the level of commitment , in North Yorkshire , when he looked at the County Council 's forty one thousand , that no new sites will come forward , well quite clearly that 's not going to be the case , there is a substantial residue er which are going to come forward . |
| 25 | Is it not the case that the right hon. Gentleman 's delay in coming to the House to announce his decision is because , when he looked at the facts , he was minded to reject the application but was told by the puppet master sitting next to him that he had to make a political decision ? |
| 26 | He had been smiling at the screen , an expression which fell with such abruptness from his face when he looked at the doorway that Zambia was convinced SHe heard it hit the floor with a crack . |
| 27 | When he looked in the tomb he had not really noticed the body was missing . |
| 28 | What was unusual in this case was that even in his great excitement he still carried the photographs of Koko and pointed to them repeatedly as he looked toward the teacher , who nodded and said ‘ Yes ’ to Sherman . |
| 29 | The glinting dark gaze was cool , but quizzical as he looked across the office . |
| 30 | My boss stood very still as he looked over the side of the pen at the little animal . |