Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] looked [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals . |
| 2 | One night , she got up and turned on the light and looked at the sweet , bland face of Jesus , the Light of the World , in the picture over the mantelpiece . |
| 3 | When they reached the log they stopped side by side and looked across the narrow water towards him . |
| 4 | In any case , most City people put politics to one side and looked at the nascent company as a simple business proposition . |
| 5 | He pulled out a bundle and looked at the first address , but he did n't recognise it . |
| 6 | Mike pushed the papers back across the desk and looked at the Old Man , who raised his eyebrows questioningly . |
| 7 | A maintenance man , with a garden fork and wheelbarrow , was tending the herbaceous border that stretched along the frontage of the flats and , in response to Morse 's question , he said he was one of a small team that looked after the three blocks of flats that stood on the eastern side of Water Eaton Road . |
| 8 | I felt at the torn threads in my blouse and looked at the grazed skin underneath and shuddered , but I was all right and so was the tree . |
| 9 | She shook her head and looked through the front window . |
| 10 | But when there was no retort from her granddaughter , she turned her head and looked at the young woman lying with her back against the head of the couch , her eyes closed , the muscles of her jaws showing white through the skin , and , her tone changing , she enquired , ‘ What is it , dear ? |
| 11 | All I remember thinking of as I pushed the trolley and looked at the red face and eyebrows was , My friend , you are about to take the longest journey a man ever takes in this life . |
| 12 | She snapped shut the diary and looked at the next piece of paper . |
| 13 | He took a drink and looked at the other young man . |
| 14 | I sat in my flat and looked at the latest one . |
| 15 | If I pressed my eye flat to the ground and looked into the next garden , the big bushes there with thick tall stems and flat leaves seemed part of a mysterious tropical forest . |
| 16 | He walked to the chair and looked through the grubby net curtain . |
| 17 | ‘ Tom lay down on the grass and looked into the clear , clear limestone water , with every pebble at the bottom bright and clean , while the little silver trout dashed about in fright at the sight of his black face ; and he dipped his hand in and found it so cool , cool , cool ; and he said , ‘ I will be a fish ; I will swim in the water ; I must be clean , I must be clean ’ . ’ |
| 18 | So she lay on the floor and looked through the open door , into a beautiful garden with green trees and bright flowers . |
| 19 | She opened her hand and looked at the two silver coins . |
| 20 | Henry went to the oven and looked through the grease-stained glass window . |
| 21 | He bit his lip and looked into the remorseless , even flames . |
| 22 | The visitor sipped his coffee and looked at the impish old man with his goatee beard . |