Example sentences of "[noun prp] looked [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Mrs. Hennessy looked at the open suitcase .
2 Corbett looked into the green darkness , straining his eyes to see any movement and almost screamed with terror as a hand touched his leg .
3 Gaveston looked at the young page boy standing near him , a goblet of wine in his small white hands .
4 Bernice looked around the mediaeval castle .
5 Uwe Otten , H.P. Lorenz and F. Busiger of the University of Basel and Hoffmann-La Roche looked for a possible connection with the protein nerve growth factor ( NGF ) .
6 Twelve-year-old Linda looked like a happy accident .
7 Sister Rosario looked at the pinched face of Maura Ryan and her heart went out to the child .
8 Reynolds looked at the first page of the notes .
9 They sat for hours drinking tea in Mrs. Mounce 's flat downstairs , while Mrs. Mounce talked about her affairs with moustached men in export-import , and Tessa looked at the little bit here and the little bit there which Mrs. Mounce had done herself to brighten her own place up .
10 Rincewind looked at the tiny square of glass in astonishment .
11 Sharpe looked down the high street , half expecting to see French Dragoons galloping into the small village , but it was only the Prince of Orange who had abandoned his carriage and taken a horse from one of his escort .
12 But in the design of Moscow 's Riga and Yaroslavl Stations , Russia looked to the other strand of her heritage — the East , producing veritable Oriental fantasies .
13 Maggie looked for the old damson tree by McCabe 's , the crab and wild cherry .
14 Karen looked at the old man and for a moment she saw something cold and frightening in his smiling eyes .
15 After three weeks out in the field Skipper looked like an overgrown teddy bear .
16 Twoflower and Hrun looked around the little hollow where they had made their noonday halt .
17 Poor Rory looked like a whipped dog .
18 Julia looked at the present Earl 's neatly barbered head and immaculate dress shirt collar with interest .
19 Kee looked through the small window into the room .
20 From a thick pile of dead leaves beneath a holly tree , Hazel looked down a narrow path , lined on either side with fern and sprouting fire-weed .
21 Alyssia looked at the unsmiling profile , the strong hands resting lightly on the steering-wheel , and wished that she had never allowed herself to confide in him .
22 Martha looked at the little girl for a moment .
23 Fairham looked to the far end of the infirmary .
24 Rose Quinton looked at the extraordinary man and thought as many another had : what a pity !
25 Barak looked around the spacious hallway in awe .
26 Harry looked for the first time at the cheque where it lay beside him , flattened by the base of the lamp .
27 Harry looked round the crowded room .
28 Daniel looked at the angry sea with its terrible waves , and he felt cold and frightened .
29 Daniel looked at the pink sky , the twisted trunks , the silvery leaves , the rhythmic earth streaked with yellow ochre , with pink , with pale blue , with red-brown .
30 Shelley looked like a haunted man .
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