Example sentences of "[coord] looking [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A case for galoshes , ’ remarked the Substitute , tossing a cigar end out of the jeep and looking around at the steam rising slowly from the wet earth . |
| 2 | But lying there beside her , listening to the susurration of the tide and looking up at the sky through a haze of grasses he was filled , not with post-coital sadness , but with an agreeable languor as if the long-committed Sunday afternoon still stretched ahead of them . |
| 3 | ‘ So I 've heard , ’ answered George , rolling onto his back and looking up at the sky , while he chewed a stalk of grass . |
| 4 | And I 'd stand there , easing my aching back , and looking up at the stars . |
| 5 | ‘ I wonder where Barbs is ? ’ said Tim , stopping and looking up at the bedroom windows . |
| 6 | No other words were needed and he stood , walking to the window and looking out at the courtyard that was bathed in sunlight . |
| 7 | Sammy stood on the mat shaking his fur by the open door and looking out at the sheets of rain that were now whipping across the graveyard . |
| 8 | I remember standing at the back of The Lyceum and looking down at the crowd . |
| 9 | But looking down at the words now , it did not appear so simple . |