Example sentences of "[coord] looked at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Something on the ground caught his eye and he bent down and looked at a small print in the soft earth .
2 Agrippa stopped and looked at a lonely bird shrieking above us as if it was a devil let loose to wander this lonely wilderness .
3 Nicholson turned and looked at the other man contemptuously .
4 He turned and looked at the slender woman cowering in her chair .
5 She turned and looked at the distant figure of Dorcas and her eyes narrowed .
6 He pulled out a bundle and looked at the first address , but he did n't recognise it .
7 Dada took the book from her and looked at the first page .
8 He stood up and looked at the following wagon .
9 She put the note to one side , and looked at the final message .
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 She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 He lifted his binoculars and looked at the vertical column of smoke , now no more than four miles to the east .
15 I stopped and looked at the big house .
16 In any case , most City people put politics to one side and looked at the nascent company as a simple business proposition .
17 She turned over and looked at the illuminated dial of her alarm clock .
18 She turned round and looked at the brass-dialled clock sitting starkly on a red brick wall to the side of them and added , ‘ Only half-past eight . ’
19 Remembering a detail with sudden clarity , Charles knelt down and looked at the left-hand side of the front bumper .
20 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 .
21 Now he knelt down and looked at the dead girl curiously .
22 I walked up and down on the bed , to control my trembling legs , and looked at the dead rat .
23 She snapped shut the diary and looked at the next piece of paper .
24 Mike pushed the papers back across the desk and looked at the Old Man , who raised his eyebrows questioningly .
25 Monks hesitated and looked at the old man , but Mr Brownlow 's expression was so serious and determined that the younger man realized it was pointless to protest .
26 The child stared towards it as if in recognition of something held in memory ; then she turned and looked at the old woman , who was sitting on the couch unlacing her boots , and she said , ‘ You have a garden . ’
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