Example sentences of "[pers pn] looked [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I looked to a philosophical point of view more comprehensive even than that of the early Collingwood , and I thought I had found the germ of it in the lectures he delivered in my last year on ‘ Nature and Mind ’ . |
| 2 | My fifteen miles ' walk had whetted my appetite , and therefore I looked with no angry gaze on Ranza Inn , and , despite the large company of tourists airing themselves outside , I made inquiries for breakfast , and was told it would not be ready for an hour ( it was now nine o'clock ) . |
| 3 | As I sat in front of him , I looked at a poster-sized photo which was on the wall behind him . |
| 4 | Interviewed shortly after the experience by an unknown reporter underneath the bed , she gasped : ‘ God , I was so excited , it reminded me of when I was 13 , of the first time I looked at an unwrapped tampon . |
| 5 | when I looked at the front page and he said about two paragraphs |
| 6 | I looked at the tubular lighting in the roof . |
| 7 | ( I looked at the young lad ) 'Cos my mate 's tired and I 'd like to do it . |
| 8 | I looked at the other windows in the house . |
| 9 | I looked at the other day and I was thinking oh god , I want to go to sleep a couple of days last , you know |
| 10 | I looked at the sleek , well-fed clerics performing their silly jigs . |
| 11 | When I looked at the broken bundles scattered across the floor , I recognized the faces . |
| 12 | Then I looked at the cheerful cockney . |
| 13 | I looked at the dead Jake Rosso 's picture , and I remembered all the photographs on the walls of my room in Hong Kong . |
| 14 | I looked at the empty estate-car when we reached the other side . |
| 15 | In 1980 when Allan Wells won a Gold Medal at the Olympics I looked at the British tracksuits and thought : well , nothing much has changed in 56 years ! |
| 16 | I looked at the rosy-cheeked little fellow ( all of four years ) in front of me . |
| 17 | I looked at the old man calmly sitting on his mat and hated him , knowing — knowing myself — that nothing would come of this . |
| 18 | I looked at the tough , impressive face . |
| 19 | ‘ As I looked at the magnificent vehicle I could not help thinking of the historical ‘ Experiment ’ of the Stockton and Darlington Railway , or of the Exhibition excursions of 1851 , when the GW nailed rough boards across their permanent way trucks at Didcot to accommodate their third class passengers ! |
| 20 | I looked at the little boy , lying there , and caught a glimpse of the father peeping from the corridor . |
| 21 | I looked at the little priest and grinned at Benjamin . |
| 22 | Telling my story , I looked at the green fields of wheat moving in the wind . |
| 23 | I looked at the double doors in horror and wondered if perchance Toplis might be hiding inside . |
| 24 | I turned round , half-expecting to hear a giggle , a rather inane giggle ; and then as I looked at the thick shadowy scrub near the gate , and remembered the grim reference to Prospero , a more sinister explanation came to me . |
| 25 | I looked across the long row of pens . |
| 26 | I looked for a textured effect by taking the broad tips sideways over the paper surface . |
| 27 | ‘ I looked for a single builder , because I wanted to work closely with someone while I was doing the ‘ unpicking ’ myself , ’ Timothy says . |
| 28 | Lt Tim Kelly , 45 , a specialist in mobile air operations , said : ‘ I looked for a little girl who had been injured by shrapnel so I could have her winched aboard . |
| 29 | I looked for the black boots . |
| 30 | I now realise I looked for the wrong things . |