Example sentences of "[noun pl] to look [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Everyone felt it , and the air being still pregnant with prophecy and contention , everyone started and pricked attentive ears , and several opened their eyes to look round towards the source of this abrupt wind from the outer world .
2 She could imagine what he looked like : dark , slightly wavy hair and blue eyes , the right eyes to look out over the miles of sea all around him .
3 And the police have alerted banks , building societies , pubs and traders to look out for the notes .
4 Most of the hour Richard spent pacing up and down the corridor , stopping at windows to look out between the buildings at bare trees and transparent hedges .
5 Then she sighed and squeezed in by the side of the chest of drawers to look out of the window , scratching away with her finger nail at the film of grease on the pane .
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