Example sentences of "[vb past] looking [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried looking out of the window to the hospital 's green lawns and the tall eucalypts that stood motionless against a gloriously blue August sky , but found that looking away seemed too impolite . |
| 2 | After that I avoided looking down towards the woodpile until , when it was almost too dark to see , I glanced down one last time — and she was gone . |
| 3 | ‘ I came to ask you to supper , ’ she babbled looking back into the drawing room . |
| 4 | At first , they enjoyed looking out of the windows , but then they became sleepy . |
| 5 | These attitudes included looking down on the pursuit of trade and commerce as somewhat inferior socially . |
| 6 | Patrick lay looking down into the dell . |
| 7 | Charles kept looking round for the room 's occupant . |
| 8 | He sat on the edge of the bed with his usual cynical observations , but he kept looking out of the corner of his eye . |
| 9 | Fine views can be had looking down on the north side of the island to Porto da Cruz and the Penha d'Aguia ( the enormous flat-topped rock ) which stands between Faial and Porto da Cruz . |
| 10 | Leonora jumped out , stood looking up at the house for a few moments more , then ran up the steps to ring the doorbell , laughter bubbling up inside as she anticipated Penry 's surprise at the sight of her . |
| 11 | Wycliffe-went to the window and stood looking out over the roof tops to the harbour and Albert Pier . |
| 12 | His face was puce with rage and frustration , but bearing a fist on the battlements where they stood looking out over the Sound , he brought himself back to calm by sheer willpower . |
| 13 | Coffin got up and stood looking out of the window . |
| 14 | It should n't have taken her long to pack and change out of her sundress into a skirt and blouse , but she found she was folding each garment at least twice , and several times she stood looking out of the window at the busy yard below . |
| 15 | On the top floor she stood looking out of the dormer windows across the London skyline , and then downwards through the burgeoning green tracery of sycamore trees to where daffodils were blooming and a woman and a child were feeding some pigeons . |
| 16 | One of the crewmen of the small boat stood looking out at the city all around him , smoking a cigarette and gazing at the myriad lights . |
| 17 | Joanna rushed off and Sophie stood looking down at the telephone . |
| 18 | I stood looking down at the pavement below the payphone while Dennis padded across the wall-to-wall carpeting and called distantly to his wife . |
| 19 | He did not touch , but stood looking down at the page . |
| 20 | Turning up the collar of his Burberry against the chill morning air , he climbed up the slope to the rim of the hollow and stood looking down at the car . |
| 21 | And she stood looking down at the key in her hand , while she said to herself , ‘ Well , this seems to decide it , does n't it ? ’ and turning , she yelled , ‘ Ben ! ’ |
| 22 | The two boys stood looking down at the heaps of feathers . |
| 23 | He strode over to the door and stood looking down at the handle , shaking his head sadly . |
| 24 | Suddenly he rose from his chair , gave a quick look round the office , then went across to the window , where he stood looking down into the courtyard . |
| 25 | Benjamin walked over , past the baptismal font and stood looking down into the sanctuary . |
| 26 | I squelched across tiny burns running in black channels of peat , and stood looking down from the hillside on to the grey roofs of Scaup Farm . |
| 27 | He turned and stood looking back at the house . |