Example sentences of "[coord] looked [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alexandra stood between them and looked down the lane , sunk between high fields , and saw the church tower rising among leafless trees and the blue slate roofs that clustered round it . |
| 2 | She threw open the outer door and looked down the side of the ship . |
| 3 | She gripped the rail and looked down the street . |
| 4 | Then he put his head out slowly and looked up the corridor . |
| 5 | He realised the impending danger and looked up the road where he saw a Morris Minor coming down the hill . |
| 6 | Sanchez uncrossed his legs and looked towards the pit . |
| 7 | But once inside the consulting room she stopped and looked towards the desk behind which was sitting a strange man , a young man . |
| 8 | She turned and looked towards the child , who was sitting hugging a doll . |
| 9 | She paused and looked towards the door with eyes fogged by sleep . |
| 10 | Grainne raised herself cautiously on one elbow , trying not to wake Raynor , and looked towards the door . |
| 11 | She spoke hopefully and looked towards the door like an eager gun dog , ears pricked for the command to retrieve . |
| 12 | ‘ Well ’ — he turned and looked towards the window — ‘ I noticed as I passed that you had a box of Havana cigars , the … the Excepcionales . |
| 13 | Aggie turned and looked towards the window and she repeated , ‘ Garden ? |
| 14 | After a meal of cream cheese and salted salmon trout from the Gokchai , the two women stood in the dark air scented with apricot and looked towards the mountain of Noah . |
| 15 | She now turned from the pony and looked towards the side gate separated from the front gate by a hedge of trees . |
| 16 | The date of the next meeting was agreed upon , as a delicious odour of coffee began to permeate the room , and the ladies rose expectantly and looked towards the dining alcove . |
| 17 | She turned and looked towards the house door . |
| 18 | She turned from him now and looked towards the house door where Millie was standing . |
| 19 | He looked back down the corridor , then crouched and looked through the key-hole . |
| 20 | After resetting the rearview mirror , he turned and looked through the back window toward the entrance to the compound . |
| 21 | He paused and looked through the microscope again , this time at the print taken from Paula Wilson . |
| 22 | Doing nothing to disturb it , she moved deliberately to the door , and looked through the spy hole . |
| 23 | Hoomey knocked on the door and looked through the letter-box , and the smell came out to him . |
| 24 | He walked to the telescope and looked through the eye piece . |
| 25 | Stok went across to the window and looked through the side of the curtain like they do in gangster films . |
| 26 | ‘ However , ’ Corbett continued , clasping his sword belt around his waist , ‘ one thing I do remember is that the preacher was really a gentle man ; he told my mother that Holy Mother Church merely wished to frighten its children except — ’ Corbett narrowed his eyes and looked through the doorway ‘ — for murderers , those who slay , especially the sons of Cain who plot with ice-cold malice the destruction of someone they hate . ’ |
| 27 | Owen stepped down into the cell , bent and looked through the doorway into the burial vault . |
| 28 | I went and looked through the gap in the curtains . |
| 29 | At last Mr Hardiman took off his spectacles , produced a white silk handkerchief , and proceeded to polish the lenses ; when that was done , he replaced them upon his nose , and looked over the top of them again . |
| 30 | Mr Bennet put one finger at the side of his nose and looked over the top of his glasses . |