Example sentences of "look away and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people at the church door caught his eye and smiled and bowed respectfully but others looked away and exchanged glances with grinning friends . |
| 2 | Jenna hastily looked away and followed Marguerite up the curved stairs and on to a long landing . |
| 3 | The only person there not doing this is the cat-hater , who looks away and keeps very still , trying to be ignored by the feared animal . |
| 4 | He looks away and takes another dry biscuit . |
| 5 | Something terrible had happened in the time between his looking away and looking back . |
| 6 | The young Eric was looking away and picking his nose , looking bored . |
| 7 | At once she broke the contact , looking away and rising . |
| 8 | Quick snigger and look at somebody and look away and go |
| 9 | And then they just smile at each other and look away and talk about the weather et cetera . |
| 10 | The trouble was that she would never say , she would only look away and murmur vaguely , ‘ You decide … ’ |
| 11 | Whenever he caught the eye of one of them , the boy would look away and allow his conversation to die . |
| 12 | Glyn glanced across at her and she had to look away and pretend indifference . |
| 13 | Léonie looked away and coughed . |
| 14 | After a moment , though , he looked away and muttered : ‘ It was only a pig of a Copt . ’ |
| 15 | She looked away and fiddled with some pathology reports on the desk . |
| 16 | Wolff seemed on the point of saying something ; he hesitated , looked at her , then looked away and breathed out . |
| 17 | With an effort she looked away and made some remark to one of the schoolteachers and became consciously absorbed in the conversation which followed . |
| 18 | Ranulf took up the argument as Corbett looked away and thought of old Dame Martha drowning in her bath-water . |
| 19 | Kelly looked away and drifted off once more into a hallucinogenic nightmare . |
| 20 | He drew a harsh breath , muttered something under his breath , then looked away and released her , getting off the bed in those dark blue trousers , his chest bare , thrusting his hands into his pockets , his back to her while she sat up and fumbled to rearrange her clothes , tears falling silently over her cheeks . |
| 21 | I looked away and went cold with fright . |
| 22 | Immediately he looked away and stared instead at J. J. Gerrard , not caring whether or not he showed his dislike for the situation he was in . |
| 23 | She looked away and stared at the fire again . |
| 24 | He looked away and began twiddling with the curtain cord . |
| 25 | She looked away and said , ‘ Because of the baby . ’ |
| 26 | And then abruptly he looked away and said with neutral politeness , ‘ Would you like something else — some dessert perhaps ? |
| 27 | Corbett looked away and gazed around ; the room had grown larger ; he turned and saw Thomas smiling at him as if through a haze . |
| 28 | He looked away and lifted up a curtain . |
| 29 | Jenna looked away and pulled free , motioning towards the door . |
| 30 | Jim looked away and focused on the solid glass ashtray on the coffee table . |