Example sentences of "she look [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 But where she differs from Miss Finlay Johnson is that she looks beyond the facts to more universal implications of any particular topic .
2 She looks at the bits of paper on the floor , but she do n't say nothing .
3 ‘ It 's nothing you could put your finger on … nothing definite … little things … the way she looks at the photographs on the mantelpiece .
4 She looks at the fighters and curses to herself , ‘ Waste , waste , waste . ’
5 The tears are thought to be caused by her pain as she looks at the sins of the world , and are meant to inspire the watchers to repent and to set an example to others .
6 If she wants to find her relatives , I suggest that she looks in the villages .
7 She looks after the dogs at the moment to keep herself busy .
8 Clare was about to decline , when she looked into the girls timid , pleading eyes , and realized with surprise that the invitation was genuine — that she was to represent , however inadequately , their reception ’ .
9 She looked into the eyes of this human peacock and found herself at a complete loss for words ; and he too seemed surprised by this girl who had agreed to be his bride : he looked up at her ( she was half a head taller than he ) in a way that she might have interpreted as hostile had she not been in too much of a turmoil herself to notice it .
10 She looked at the lines ruled through the sentences .
11 She looked at the coins in her hand .
12 She looked at the coins glinting against his palm , then at him .
13 She looked at the women .
14 She looked at the guns .
15 She looked at the papers piled beside the arm of the sofa .
16 They ate with a shared teaspoon out of the tin and she looked at the sardines and condensed milk now exposed between John Donne and Rosa Luxemburg .
17 She looked at the birds ' eggs on her table , the books on the desk near the bed .
18 She looked at the others , she looked at the syringe , she looked at Anne .
19 She looked at the others .
20 She looked at the others .
21 Anne Hopper winced as she looked at the remains of the bullock lying on the large wooden worktop in the prison kitchen .
22 She looked at the pictures of the Spitfire , and trembled to think that his survival depended , in part , on such a little plane , almost like a child 's toy to her sophisticated eyes .
23 For both occasions she had worn the same hat — an uncompromising chenille turban ; Helen had disposed of it a month ago with the rest of her things and , as she looked at the photographs , felt again the curious dry but slimy touch of it .
24 She looked at the photographs and read the papers .
25 The more she looked at the photographs in Fen 's cabin , the less she liked the look of his girlfriend .
26 Passing she looked at the flanks of the fields with interest
27 But when she looked at the sides of the hole , she could see cupboards and books and pictures on the walls .
28 As she wandered out onto the balcony there was very little breeze , and she looked over the tops of the royal palms towards a calm , softly undulating sea .
29 But this accident must be something far more serious , because all the nursery maids were crying , and so , when she looked through the bannisters on her way to bed , were the servants downstairs .
30 She looked through the drawers of his desk and found nothing to indicate the financial problems her cousin had spoken of .
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