Example sentences of "and she look [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The words faded and she looked about her with slightly flushed cheeks . |
2 | Robbie felt her cheeks flush scarlet and she looked about her in angry embarrassment . |
3 | But Maggie had a warm heart and she looked for the best in people . |
4 | His sister " face was pinched , her eyes large and dark against the paleness of her skin , and she looked for all the world like some sort of trapped animal . |
5 | And she looked for a way out , though she knew there was none . |
6 | And she looked with interest at the walls which , in the strong morning light the sun was only just leaving one of them — seemed that they might start sprouting mushrooms . |
7 | Martha 's face was now flushed and she looked on the verge of tears . |
8 | They were now part of her heritage , and she looked on them with freshly delighted eyes . |
9 | The returning colour drained out of her face again , and she looked on the point of collapse . |
10 | and she looked on it , he 's like a black granite pillar . |
11 | Clive looked at her , and she looked at him . |
12 | When he came back his face was grim , and she looked at him with surprise . |
13 | And she looked at Isobel , almost defiantly . |
14 | At the shop door they all stood around her , and she looked at them solemnly now and said , ‘ Thank you so much . |
15 | At first she could meet his eyes , but what she saw confused her and she looked at the floor , colour creeping into her cheeks , reacting against the tenderness surprised in herself with a sense of shock that made her brusque and suspicious . |
16 | A woman with a brush of close-cut grey hair sat with her sewing close to the fire and a cat rested on her lap , and she looked at Millet with fear and seemed to warn her husband that this was an intruder . |
17 | Of a sudden Aggie rose from the table and left the room , and the smile slid slowly from Millie 's face and she looked at the funny young man , as she thought of him , and said , ‘ Is she vexed ? ’ |
18 | ‘ Then what 's wrong ? ’ he said and she looked at him in surprise . |
19 | Anyway to finish that story about stopping and starting , I stopped there for fifty years and me mother was still alive when er when I at ninety three and when I retired in nineteen seventy nine , nineteen eighty I told me mum that I was finishing and she looked at me I told you that job would n't last and I , I , I mean I 'd done fifty years all but a few months . |
20 | And she looked at Lacuna with an intensity that Francis could n't interpret . |
21 | They ate with a shared teaspoon out of the tin and she looked at the sardines and condensed milk now exposed between John Donne and Rosa Luxemburg . |
22 | Edward said , and she looked at him , and then back to Willoughby . |
23 | Anthony put an arm around her shoulders and she looked at him , surprised but pleased that he had managed to touch her again . |
24 | Some of his possessions were on the top of the chest by the window and she looked at them curiously . |
25 | Her hand went to her mouth and she looked at me wide-eyed . |
26 | I looked at Susan , and she looked at me . |
27 | He had been carrying a small bag , which he dumped on the table , and she looked at it in disbelief . |
28 | As you can probably tell from my figure , ’ and she looked at her plump legs with satisfaction , ‘ I like my food ! ’ |
29 | She recalled his words to her about needing to put on weight , and she looked at her friend , for the first time ever , with a sharp stab of jealousy , then she hurriedly wiped the expression from her face . |
30 | ‘ Well ? ’ he said again , and she looked at him , anger taking over from the sadness his offer had brought . |