Example sentences of "look [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's strange to think that the day 's not so far away when players like Robert Cray , Bonnie Raitt and Jimmie Vaughan , for so long representatives of the new American blues generation , will themselves be looked on as the elders of the blues . |
| 2 | He looks down into the gardens hidden everywhere behind the patched and crumbling walls . |
| 3 | Two of us in a great mass of strangers , and various things to do that you 've got to get right , like follow signs and collect your luggage ; then you get looked over by the customs , and no-one particularly cares who you are or what you 're doing there so the two of you have to keep one another cheerful … |
| 4 | I thought that because I had looked up to the twins on account of their wealth I expected others to do the same to me . |
| 5 | Well , only the once , when Steven Blowers had died and he had looked up at the parents , and then a curious bleakness had stolen over his face and drained the life away . |
| 6 | And of course , ’ adds Myra , as she looks up at the lights on the hills where the Bakers live , ‘ Howard and Felicity . ’ |
| 7 | Here the Harper clan gather , a small tribe , frail , ageing , on the threshold of 1980 , in the presence of the sky : here thirteen-year-old Celia , young , aspiring , judgemental , reflects upon the past , as , long after her usual bedtime , she looks up at the stars and plots her own future . |
| 8 | If one looks back at the text-books and review papers written about psychobiology during t , his period one finds that they were largely preoccupied with topics like motivation and emotion . |
| 9 | Perhaps they 'd never looked out of the windows . |
| 10 | It 's official designation is an eyecatcher ; the idea was you looked out of the windows of the house and that your eye was drawn to the temple at the end of the lakes . |
| 11 | He stands and looks out over the lights of London . |
| 12 | Willie had looked around for the twins and George , but they were nowhere to be seen . |
| 13 | High , curved , hand-carved doors led from the reception area to the conference room and residents ' sitting-room , where afternoon tea would be served looking down across the gardens to the accompaniment of a grand piano . |
| 14 | Alexei was looking down at the skirts of his coat . |
| 15 | But looking down at the words now , it did not appear so simple . |
| 16 | When they had gone , Maria glanced at Luke , but to her relief he was looking down at the photos Florian had left behind , his expression inscrutable . |
| 17 | Back to the edge of the island and there was already a crowd of people looking down at the rocks . |
| 18 | And the woman seemed in no hurry to close it and shut out the dangerous night ; she simply stood , looking down at the children and smiling . |
| 19 | The two boys stood looking down at the heaps of feathers . |
| 20 | Looking down on the clouds , Snowdonia |
| 21 | He stood by the large window , looking down on the lights of Leeds . |
| 22 | A stroll in the moonlight by the old St Joseph 's seminary and the lake , and then looking down on the lights of Wigan . |
| 23 | ‘ I came to hate the Tech-Green philosophy and did n't want to live out an expanded life up there somewhere , looking down on the unfortunates left on Earth . |
| 24 | They leaned against the heavy stone balustrade of the terrace , looking down over the gardens , dark and mysterious . |
| 25 | One can picture Hoskyns looking down from the skies and being grateful for his pupil ; and Bethune-Baker looking down and thinking that he always knew where Hoskyns might lead the Churches . |
| 26 | Ebenezer Chapel , Siloa Chapel — cold , gloomy places with pictures of dead , bearded Chapel Elders looking down from the walls . |
| 27 | Long before they had passed the watershed and were looking over into the jaws of the mountains at the head of Loch Morar , young Angus felt he had strayed into a foreign country . |
| 28 | Standing in the Townley Room and looking through to the sculptures displayed next door ( Room 83 ) , most of which were intended for public display , one is well aware of the reduced scale and decorative qualities sought by the private collector who wined and dined amidst his collection . |
| 29 | This thought came into Charles 's already overcrowded mind , and he found himself looking off into the wings , whence the fatal shot had come . |
| 30 | Philip thought he must have seen him but he had n't , because he stopped and whistled again , looking up towards the cliffs . |