Example sentences of "[pers pn] looked at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | Now the curious thing was that if you looked at the early atmosphere , the molecules in that were the molecules that we expected to see in interstellar space . |
| 33 | Wherever you looked at the French giant , Renault was making progress in 1992 where other manufacturers were struggling to stand still . |
| 34 | ‘ She looked at every single one of the hundreds of photos and could n't stop smiling at the memory . |
| 35 | She looked at a big BMW bike parked by the kerb , then up at a darkened row of tall houses . |
| 36 | And she took the child by the hand and walked her to the settle , and when they were seated she looked at the small figure by her side , at the hair , like a golden halo round the oval face , and the limpid grey eyes gazing so trustfully at her . |
| 37 | She looked at the small key on the table , then dropped that into the envelope with the note . |
| 38 | As she looked at the tiny bundle she said drily : ‘ Thank goodness he has n't got ears like his father . ’ |
| 39 | She looked at the other young man , who had retrieved his glass and was watching Sara and Graham with a smile on his face , almost a smirk . |
| 40 | And her eyes too shone as she looked at the two men sitting there . |
| 41 | As she looked at the vast and busy canvas , Miss Hatherby sensed she was finding it difficult to take in and said , ‘ You know Constance , you can not look at a painting with the same eyes as you stare down Chollerton High Street . |
| 42 | Turning her head slightly she looked at the cut-glass decanter on the bedside table — it was a little less than half full , which meant that she had drunk three … no , four glasses of whisky at some time during the night . |
| 43 | Swinging round in surprise , she looked at the elderly man who had spoken . |
| 44 | She looked at the strong hand as it shifted gears and continued resting on the lever . |
| 45 | She looked at the strong old face , the arched bone of the nose , the imperious , high forehead and thought : I bet she 's been a tartar in her day . |
| 46 | As they sat together on the grass , she looked at the tumbling waters of the beck and told him how Maria had slipped on the stepping-stones , down by the farm . |
| 47 | She looked at the tall dark young man next to Sarah — Hassan ! |
| 48 | She looked at the tall young man with the beautiful dark eyes . |
| 49 | She looked at the tall , supple body and wondered whether he was ever polite to anyone . |
| 50 | She looked at the insignificant scorch marks on its cover and said , ‘ This would n't have been necessary if you had n't been so cagey with me . |
| 51 | She looked at the second photo : the person in this one seemed to be dead too . |
| 52 | She looked at the healthy gloss of black hair springing from a widow 's peak , the thickly lashed eyes under winged brows , the mouth that could be austere and cruel but was now warm and sensuous , and said thickly , ‘ Perhaps we could go into the garden ? ’ |
| 53 | She looked at the narrow flight of stone stairs leading to the upper floors , and knew that wild horses would n't drag her up them . |
| 54 | She looked at the young man , Clive . |
| 55 | She looked at the young , slim beauty of his body , the clear , healthy eyes , the shining hair . |
| 56 | She looked at the deferential and contrite figure of the uniformed boatman on the quayside , the way the other boatmen tipped their caps to Lucenzo . |
| 57 | Turning away , she looked at the familiar little roam : the dolls , the make up scattered over the dressing table , the books , haphazardly placed on their shelf . |
| 58 | She looked at the three of them : an old woman , herself not yet seventeen , and a raw child of fourteen . |
| 59 | Jessamy allowed her voice to become deliberately sympathetic as she looked at the older woman . |
| 60 | Clearly he had not been content to wait , and as she looked at the hard , handsome face she knew he was furiously angry , only good manners holding back the words that were obviously uppermost in his mind . |