Example sentences of "for a [noun] look [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood for a minute looking up at it , Kate unspeaking at his side . |
| 2 | And as Morse opened his passenger door , he stood for a while looking up at the Pole Star , and asking himself the question he had been asking for the past two hours : was there any way in which Downes could still have been the murderer after all ? |
| 3 | It is one thing for a government to look benignly upon — say — a rescue of Ferranti ; or on the swallowing up of much smaller players in the defence business . |
| 4 | She watched as he stood beside the car for a moment looking up towards the house . |
| 5 | This done , I stood for a moment looking across at the broch islet . |
| 6 | He straightened up , came to the front of the shop and stood for a moment looking out impassively . |
| 7 | He had thrown aside his own robe then , and had stood for a moment looking down at her , the firelight playing over his body , and Grainne had felt her senses tumble , for surely , oh surely there had never been anything so beautiful and so strong … |
| 8 | We were back in the bedroom then and he stood for a moment looking down at her . |
| 9 | He climbed the stairs , paused for a moment to look out of the landing window at the bay in sunshine , then continued on up . |