Example sentences of "[coord] looked [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have no intention of meeting her , ’ Jenna began , but he too stood and looked towards the long windows as a car came speedily to the house . |
| 2 | She shook her head and looked through the front window . |
| 3 | Henry went to the oven and looked through the grease-stained glass window . |
| 4 | When he lifted out the first and looked through the handwritten pages he found that he was holding Henryk Liawski 's personal diary covering odd and irregular dates between 1952 and 1958 . |
| 5 | So she lay on the floor and looked through the open door , into a beautiful garden with green trees and bright flowers . |
| 6 | When they reached the log they stopped side by side and looked across the narrow water towards him . |
| 7 | He read the letters interlaced with hearts ; he lit a cigarette , exhaled slowly , watching the smoke nudge across the roof until it found its way out into the sky through the circle in the roof like a full moon ; he lifted the door open , and looked across the olive grove . |
| 8 | She opened the door for Matthew and looked across the grey yard . |
| 9 | When Stuart and I heard this we got up and looked for the nearest exit . |
| 10 | The Indian stood in the doorway , a duffle bag looped over one shoulder , and looked at the two phones on the desk . |
| 11 | Nicholson turned and looked at the other man contemptuously . |
| 12 | I picked up a pair of combat boots from a pile in the corner , found some laces , and looked at the other people wondering with whom I could swop my uniform . |
| 13 | Kiah and Rilla sat down on the expensive green and black chairs and looked at the expensive flowers on the tables . |
| 14 | He turned and looked at the slender woman cowering in her chair . |
| 15 | She turned and looked at the distant figure of Dorcas and her eyes narrowed . |
| 16 | He pulled out a bundle and looked at the first address , but he did n't recognise it . |
| 17 | Dada took the book from her and looked at the first page . |
| 18 | He stood up and looked at the following wagon . |
| 19 | She put the note to one side , and looked at the final message . |
| 20 | Now the reason why we 've gone through all these horrible equations right , and looked at the adaptive expectations model and the partial adjustment model is because both of these two things are incorporated into single res erm a single supply response model that was developed by Nerlove Nur Nerlove in nineteen fifty eight old model but very very popular , right . |
| 21 | She shook her head to dispel the shadows and looked at the four children sitting listlessly on the couch . |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals . |
| 24 | They sat and looked at the wonderful façade of the cathedral and watched people walking by , and Maggie was glad to stay in the light . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | At last , she paused and looked at the assembled staff . |
| 27 | He lifted his binoculars and looked at the vertical column of smoke , now no more than four miles to the east . |
| 28 | ’ For five minutes the two engineers moved around in the steam and smoke , and looked at the big engines . |
| 29 | I stopped and looked at the big house . |
| 30 | In any case , most City people put politics to one side and looked at the nascent company as a simple business proposition . |