Example sentences of "[noun sg] and looked at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He followed her , but stopped in the living room doorway and looked at the room . |
| 2 | Then she got the photographs out of her handbag and looked at the view of the swimming-pool . |
| 3 | Amanda Fergusson now rested her book on her lap and looked at the ceiling in alarm . |
| 4 | She went to the window and looked at the sky . |
| 5 | She put them under her raincoat in the basket and looked at the receipt the chemist had handed her from the till ; there was no evidence that she had paid for these items . |
| 6 | Claudia sat behind her desk and looked at the date to which Myra had just drawn her attention . |
| 7 | He picked up the glass case and looked at the bird reflectively . |
| 8 | Anna heard a noise and looked at the door . |
| 9 | They stopped beside Mrs McAllister 's resting-place and looked at the ground in silence . |
| 10 | When the policeman told him what was wanted he removed his hat , wiped his brow and looked at the sky — it was mid-afternoon , and there would be only three hours of light remaining . |
| 11 | She walked slowly back to her room and looked at the dress lying ready across the bed . |
| 12 | With a small grim smile of satisfaction , he went back to the utility room and looked at the power switches . |
| 13 | Uncle Alfred lifted his head and looked at the sky . |
| 14 | After the lunch , they all sat on the verandah and looked at the grass and listened to the wood pigeons and warblers . |
| 15 | Frau Nordern blew out a voluptuous stream of smoke and looked at the man who suddenly became extremely interested in his herring Bismarck . |
| 16 | She went over to the vegetable patch and looked at the earth for a while . |
| 17 | He whirled in his chair and looked at the audience . |
| 18 | Philip came away from the door and looked at the paper too . |
| 19 | He walked to the front door and looked at the array of bells there . |
| 20 | He stared out of the craft and looked at the insect sized life forms below . |
| 21 | He listened — at first with a curious air of detachment , as if he was an observer from another civilisation , or someone whose own experience had come to an end , someone who was waiting to embark on a journey and looked at the world with vacant eyes , his mind already in transit . |
| 22 | He clawed at the air and looked at the thing he had caught . |
| 23 | She went indoors to her room , lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling until a nurse brought lunch . |
| 24 | Laying my pack of cigarettes on the table , I lay back on the bed and looked at the ceiling . |
| 25 | Richard sat on the side of the bed and looked at the floor . |
| 26 | She felt the coolness of the fresh glass and looked at the stranger who stood beside her once more . |
| 27 | On this particular day Blind Io , by dint of constant vigilance the chief of the gods , sat with his chin on his hand and looked at the gaming board on the red marble table in front of him . |
| 28 | With an effort the Collector removed his eyes from the food and looked at the crowd assembled to bid for it . |
| 29 | One by one , most of the others came up , stopped at the bank and looked at the water without speaking . |
| 30 | Jacqui opened the envelope , pulled out a document and looked at the sheet for some long time . |