Example sentences of "[vb past] around at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She peered around at the various exhibits , squinting into the sun .
2 Ybreska glanced around at the crumbling ruins of the old , derelict church .
3 Schellenberg glanced around at the desolate landscape .
4 D'Arcy glanced around at the deserted tables .
5 As City hit three regal goals through Mike Sheron ( 2 ) and David White , Barlow buzzed around at the other end .
6 But before the great affair struck up , one looked around at the new faces : Steve Milligan , who used to be our foreign editor at the Sunday Times , Lady Olga Maitland , nicer than her impossible opinions , whom I chiefly remember for being very good about expenses at the Sunday Express ( one wonders if Kelvin Mackenzie might have slipped in late for Chislehurst ) , Nigel Jones , the Lib Dem from Cheltenham with the Lenin beard , and a man and woman sitting together , pointed out as Gordon and Brigid Prentice who , if they flourish in Labour politics , will be compared in the Sun two elections from now with the Ceausescus .
7 Slowly I looked around at the other boys .
8 She looked around at the other people in the water , and when she saw Matthew , brown and sinewy , poised on the board for a swift controlled racing dive , she admitted to herself that it was him she was searching for .
9 I looked around at the other passengers and tried to start a conversation .
10 Rex looked around at the jaded office .
11 Simon looked around at the bigger house with an alert eye .
12 Billy looked around at the considerable number of pictures on the walls portraying various old sailing ships .
13 As we journeyed back across the Orne bridges , I looked around at the happy faces in the truck ; up until now , there had n't been much to laugh about .
14 Filling his barrel chest with a deep breath , he glared around at the assembled crowd .
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