Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] look [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could imagine what he looked like : dark , slightly wavy hair and blue eyes , the right eyes to look out over the miles of sea all around him . |
| 2 | With engine running and the faithful mechanic looking on , St George on his white charger within a protective halo of glory looks on ! |
| 3 | Ms Johnston uses the world war as a springboard into other conflicts ; that between England and Ireland ; between Ireland north and south , and even within the south itself , as the English officers look down on the Irish men , and the northern Irish sergeant barely conceals his contempt for the southern Catholics in his ranks . |
| 4 | He stopped on the top step to look down at her , and there was no mistaking the mocking glitter in his eyes now . |
| 5 | Columbus sees none of it , not the land 's fertility nor the sudden barrenness of the vanquished castles looking down from their pinnacles . |
| 6 | The French boy looked up sharply at his father , but the familiar expressionless mask had already settled back on his face . |
| 7 | The old lady looked up at her . |
| 8 | The old man looked up , vaguely waving his teapot , an expression of simpering apprehension on his face . |
| 9 | Craning his neck , the old man looked up at his stepson . |
| 10 | The old man looked up and asked his name . |
| 11 | The old man looked up the staircase in front of them . |
| 12 | The faces in the old photographs look out solemnly and silently at us . |
| 13 | The old woman looked round at the child and smiled , suddenly touched . |
| 14 | The dark gaze looked back at her , hard to decipher , though at least she could see he did not appear to be joking . |
| 15 | The dark eyes looked up and saw Jenna 's interest . |
| 16 | The principal rooms look out over Mylor Harbour and Carrick Roads , one of Britain 's most beautiful estuaries and busiest day sailing haunts . |
| 17 | The harassed woman looked up from her work . |
| 18 | The secretary seated behind the desk in the outer office looked up accusingly , then her features softened and a faint pink flush coloured her cheeks . |
| 19 | There was a great noise of shuffling boots and dropped books , and the readers already established in the outer room looked up and clicked disapproval with their tongues . |
| 20 | The wee fellow looked up at me in astonishment . |
| 21 | They had never met before , but as soon as Duroc was inside the Agency 's inner sanctum , the Chief Op looked up from his blondwood desk , flashed a monied piranha grin , and acted as if his visitor were an old college buddy who had happened to have walked in off the street . |
| 22 | Five minutes later they stood on the grassy bank looking down at the brown water . |
| 23 | I made my way round the house and crossed the mossy terrace to look in through the drawing-room window . |
| 24 | The little man looked up . |
| 25 | But as my mouth framed the words the little man looked down at me appealingly as though he knew what I was going to say . |
| 26 | Here stood the little house looking down through a frame of brown granite to the plain below . |
| 27 | Downstairs , the large kitchen looks out on to a spectacular garden , complete with fountains , a stream and sculptured bushes and shrubs . |
| 28 | Feeling pleased for them , I lowered the binoculars through which I 'd been able to see even the tears on Mrs Unwin 's cheeks , and there below me and in front of the grandstand was the man with the gaunt face looking up towards the Clubhouse windows . |
| 29 | The bald man looked around to make sure that none of the ‘ businessmen ’ were in earshot . |
| 30 | A hush fell over the room as the gathered guests looked on . |