Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] looked [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group — all males — were wearing either knee-length shirts or what looked like the jackets and trousers left from the last church jumble sale . |
| 2 | At last , there was a cry of ‘ Silence ! ’ , and everyone looked towards the door . |
| 3 | I looked and I looked as the candle fought with the wax and cast a flickering light on her face , and I just could n't get over her . |
| 4 | ‘ Clark and I looked at the thing for five minutes and we said ‘ Wow ’ ’ , White told New Scientist . |
| 5 | Yet , directly I stepped out into the sunshine again , my superior self took over , and I looked at the matter differently . |
| 6 | Anyway , I come in ah , I went int kitchen , and I thought oh , there 's a loaf out of freezer , and I looked at the loaf but there 's only about four sandwiches in it . |
| 7 | We visited each weekend , and I looked after the baby during the week . |
| 8 | And I looked upon the stream of the river and saw the mouths of the kids upon the water and they drank not . |
| 9 | And I looked upon the earth and saw a dish set , and workmen lying by it , and their hands were in the dish : and they that were chewing chewed not , and they that were lifting the food lifted it not , and they that put it to their mouth put it not thereto , but the faces of all of them were looking upward . |
| 10 | show them the garden , by Saturday night I felt shattered for it and I 'd come home and I looked in the cupboard and I said Ton well what do you want for your dinner then ? |
| 11 | Martha 's face was now flushed and she looked on the verge of tears . |
| 12 | The returning colour drained out of her face again , and she looked on the point of collapse . |
| 13 | They ate with a shared teaspoon out of the tin and she looked at the sardines and condensed milk now exposed between John Donne and Rosa Luxemburg . |
| 14 | And I handed over my day timing , now bear in mind this is all in pencil , and she looked at the schedule for May and said you 're not real busy this month , you know , you can take some time off . |
| 15 | At first she could meet his eyes , but what she saw confused her and she looked at the floor , colour creeping into her cheeks , reacting against the tenderness surprised in herself with a sense of shock that made her brusque and suspicious . |
| 16 | She went into the dining-room , where the tea was set , and she looked over the table as if there she would find something missing . |
| 17 | As she wandered out onto the balcony there was very little breeze , and she looked over the tops of the royal palms towards a calm , softly undulating sea . |
| 18 | She thought of taking off her overall — ; she was wearing one of Lily 's blouses underneath — only when it was unbuttoned and she looked in the mirror her chest poked out in a most peculiar way . |
| 19 | We went out there and we looked at the bone , we compared the bone and we returned that bone . ’ |
| 20 | And we only found it by chance , you know how you go off to think oh I 'll , I 'll go and find a coffee or something , and we found this restaurant at lunch time and had a coffee there and we looked at the menu and , you know , we , we could n't believe it ! |
| 21 | I pushed open the door and we looked at the hole in the floor . |
| 22 | Harvey produced a couple of cigars and we looked at the glow above the dark city and smoked , and Harvey said , ‘ It 's a millionaire 's toy , ’ and I said , ‘ Yes , with eight million working parts . ’ |
| 23 | Sam pulled the door open and we looked into the scene that was all too familiar to my eyes ; an expanse of muddy water , the hole in the ceiling overhead and the curtain of iron mesh across the exit to the river ; a dock big enough for a moderate-sized cabin cruiser or three or four smaller boats . |
| 24 | And we looked through the side windows and there 's not a thing on the ruddy counters , it 's cleared out . |
| 25 | On the morrow the Cid took Doña Ximena by the hand , and her daughters with her , and made them go up upon the highest tower of the Alcazar , and they looked toward the sea and saw the great power of the Moors , how they came on and drew nigh , and began to pitch their tents round about Valencia , beating their tambours and with great uproar . |
| 26 | You know maybe a vacuum that needed to be filled by and They looked at the case of the quarry strike and it 's sort of so glaring obvious for men and women all over the country that it 's er really a case of er wo working men and women being erm well being trampled upon really . |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | And he looked at the letter and he looked at that photograph and he thought , I ca n't . |