Example sentences of "looked [adv prt] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went to where he 'd seen him by the fence and looked down towards the woodpile . |
| 2 | I looked down towards the end of the straight . |
| 3 | And there were lots of pretty colours , but — ’ She now looked down towards her hands , her fingers flicking against each other , and after a moment she said , ‘ I fidgeted . |
| 4 | Charles raised his head above the line of the rock and looked down towards the hut . |
| 5 | You 'd better know now that I 've always avoided every snare set out for me , even those hidden in lush undergrowth … ’ he caressed her hair lightly , his eyes sultry , and then looked down towards the swell of her breasts ‘ … and innocent-looking hills and valleys . ’ |
| 6 | I looked over towards the Pasanggrahan Hotel , and the balcony from which we had longingly watched so many prahus which we could not sail aboard . |
| 7 | Creggan came out of his shelter and into the open of his moonlit cage and looked over towards where Kraal might be . |
| 8 | Her heart still pounding nineteen to the dozen , she looked over towards the window , seeing for the first time a familiar , powerfully-built figure standing there . |
| 9 | He looked up towards the Jungfrau , its golden breasts framed against cerulean blue , and blew it a kiss . |
| 10 | His face , as he looked up towards her , was chalk-white . |
| 11 | He was well on his way to the station when he paused and looked up towards a building , and he saw in his mind 's eye Carrie running up the steps , and he recalled her voice saying , ‘ Oh ! why must you keep on about that . ’ |
| 12 | I stood alone on the beach next to the elaborate italics of Oliver ( the others had done capitals , of course ) , and I looked up towards the camera , and Stuart shouted ‘ Cheese ! ’ and Gillian shouted ‘ Gorgonzola ! ’ and Stu shouted ‘ Camembert ! ’ and Gillian shouted ‘ Dolcelatte ! ’ and suddenly I had this crying fit . |
| 13 | He stepped away from the letter box and looked up towards the window . |
| 14 | The men on board looked up towards their companions on the quayside , muttering to them to be quicker . |
| 15 | Then he looked up towards the softly defined slopes , high above the village . |
| 16 | Seb looked up towards the manor house and saw a dancing orange light flickering erratically at one of the upstairs windows . |
| 17 | Then he looked up towards the back , and Shelley knew , with a sudden shock , that he must be looking for her , but she was too nervous to stand up . |
| 18 | ‘ Man wounded , ’ said Charlie in a loud whisper as he looked up towards the trenches . |
| 19 | As they began to climb , Jinny looked back towards the sofa and met the boy 's eyes again . |
| 20 | From the path below I looked back towards the house . |
| 21 | Filmer looked back towards Xanthe and the investigator and made a small gesture of impatience , and it seemed to trigger a response from the investigator because he said that if anyone remembered any helpful detail , however small , would they please tell him or one of his colleagues , but meanwhile everyone was free to go . |
| 22 | Staggering to her feet she looked back towards the wounded man ; he had slumped to the floor , and was trying to push himself back to a kneeling position . |
| 23 | She looked back towards the fig tree and saw that the toad had lumbered off into the tangled garden , perhaps to rejoin its tormentor . |
| 24 | When she looked back towards the house , Carla 's face was at the window , peering out like a sailor 's wife watching for masts at the quayside . |
| 25 | When he reached the end of the street , Scott turned and looked back towards the house . |
| 26 | Driving the Felder , I looked back towards the ranch and found it had disappeared . |
| 27 | Not knowing what else to say , she looked back towards the stage area in time to see a man with a fiddle emerge from a side-room , and all conversation magically hushed . |
| 28 | The field was surrounded by trees and looked out towards the river upstream from the loch . |