Example sentences of "look about [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | She turned , looking about her at the stables . |
2 | Tallis said , amazed , looking about her at the dark , snow-striped land . |
3 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
4 | He was strolling down the steep narrow street towards the sea , his hands deep in his pockets and his shirt open at the throat , very pale and Londonish , looking about him with the fond , proprietorial air of an Englishman returning to a favourite spot abroad . |
5 | He was absolutely worshipped by all disinterested persons at G.Q.G. When he entered the hotel , tapping the floor with his stick and looking about him with the mischievous and bright glances of a boy , every one came up to him instinctively , only too pleased to see him . |
6 | All this time Marcus was standing , now more upright , looking about him at the various speakers , with an interested air . |
7 | Looking about him at the great press of people , the escalator that was a river of people flowing on and on , the crowds that streamed down the stairs so that if a train was held up there would be room for no more to squeeze on to the platform , he wondered why a terrorist group had never thought of putting a bomb in the tube . |
8 | He glanced back at her , then turned away , looking about him at the cluttered floor , the smoke-blackened walls , the broken ceiling of the room he was in . |
9 | Tuan Ti Fo turned , looking about him at the simple order of his room . |
10 | Looking about him at the others , Christian said , ‘ There ! |
11 | When I get out of my train at Victoria and look about me at the other two hundred — mostly strangers , not least so those whose names as early schoolfellows dawn on me when they disappeared , — I sometimes think that one or two of us ought to speak out instead of just voting and making a remark in the complaint book once or twice a year and writing to a newspaper less often . |
12 | Harry looked about him at the comfortable disorder of the place , which was not at all like the spick and span home Ann had made for him . |
13 | He all but bumped into the couple , but , just in time , he arrested his progress , drew back , seemed , for an instant , to seek for oxygen as if he had emerged from some physical deep of ocean , looked about him at the mundane world he had re-entered and then , with rapid dignity , collected himself . |
14 | All this , ’ he looked about him at the books and paintings and machines , ‘ it speaks of a love of knowledge . ’ |
15 | Li Shai Tung let the remote drift slowly towards the starship and sat back , one hand smoothing through his long beard while he looked about him at the faces of his fellow T'ang . |
16 | He looked about him at the decoration of the study . |
17 | Karr looked about him at the carnage , then turned , facing Ebert . |
18 | Hammond looked about him at the bare white walls , then nodded . |
19 | Chen took a deep breath then looked about him at the banks of monitors that filled every wall of the huge , hexagonal room , impressed despite himself . |
20 | Old Den turned the horse and looked about him in the yard . |
21 | Outside , she stood and looked about her at the maze of buildings . |
22 | She looked about her at the freshness of the morning , then laughed and , pulling her hair out of the tight bun she had secured it in to ride , shook her head . |
23 | Carrie looked about her at the crackling fire and a fair semblance of tidiness in the kitchen . |
24 | As she followed Penry as quickly as she could she looked about her at the island with interest , curious to see what had lain behind a veil of sea mist and rain since her dramatic arrival . |