Example sentences of "[coord] look around the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | However a few were experimenting with this newest innovation and looking around the Orkney countryside today well there 's hardly a farm that does n't have a covered silage pit or a grain silo and today the fields are full of barley and oilseed rape and a field of turnips is something of a rare sight these days . |
2 | After mopping up the mess-tin with a large piece of French bread that had accompanied the stew , I got to my feet and looked around the barn . |
3 | She subsided and looked around the bar to see if she was making an exhibition of herself . |
4 | Sir John shivered and looked around the tavern . |
5 | He shook himself free from his reverie and looked around the chamber . |
6 | The young man scratched his head and looked around the cabin . |
7 | ‘ Of course , ’ murmured Mrs Crump , and looked around the hall to root out anyone who dared challenge her on this matter . |
8 | He sat back in his pew and looked around the church which the indefatigable ladies of the WI had transformed with flowers and holly sprays . |
9 | So I sat down on a chair that stood by the counter and looked around the shop while waiting for Mary to emerge from behind the colourful painted screen where she was trying things on . |
10 | She tapped the ash off her cigarette and looked around the restaurant . |
11 | Eve sat on her bed and looked around the room . |
12 | He sat up and looked around the room . |
13 | Michael sat himself down in an armchair and looked around the room slowly . |
14 | He picked up the lamp and looked around the room . |
15 | She gave me a little ‘ that's-all ’ smile and looked around the room . |
16 | He paused at the word and looked around the table . |
17 | He turned his head and looked around the café . |
18 | I climbed over the dead bodies and looked around the washroom ; my eyes had grown used to the dim red emergency lights by now . |