Example sentences of "she look [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Sarah ( Lori Cardille ) is also a scientist , but she looks for understanding — without success .
2 Flavia said bravely , ‘ She looks for virtue in those she loves .
3 Is she looking for reassurance , sympathy or what ?
4 There they were photographed together , then just the bride , then joined by the best man , her parents and the ushers , but in none of them would she look at Ace , ignoring all commands to do so .
5 And then , as she looked into fitzAlan 's eyes , she saw something else .
6 She looked to Ace like a frozen corpse .
7 She looked on north , north , north , through desert and tundra , to the unbroken cruel peace of the polar seas .
8 She looked at Gran , feeling once again that faint curious shock at how she 'd aged .
9 She looked at Spike .
10 The next likely period for the initiation of planned villages would be the eleventh to mid twelfth centuries , as demonstrated by June Sheppard when she looked at village plans in relation to early fiscal arrangements .
11 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 .
12 Appeased by the silence , Lydia went on : ‘ She looked at home in the graveyard .
13 She looked at Roman , so strong and dependable ; any woman would give thanks every day of her life for a man like him , and she had just ruined any chance she had of being that woman .
14 She too had heard rumours , the telephones from shop to shop must have been red hot , and she looked at Rose with speculation .
15 She looked at Coffin with inquiry .
16 He grinned and she felt her spirits rise as she looked with affection at this man who was like a brother to her .
17 She looked with horror at the fingers which had cruelly raked Bill Yardley 's face , and heard her own voice uttering words not even fit to be heard in the alleys .
18 She looked with surprise at the jam dish .
19 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 .
20 She looked with interest at the kitchen chairs .
21 She searched in vain in these golden childish worlds for the true brittle glitter of duplicity , for the warm shine of wider , more embracing landscapes ; she looked for half-truth , for precious qualification , for choice , for possible rejections , and she could not find them .
22 She looked for sarcasm in his expression and spotted it , just for an instant , hidden in the slight curve at the corner of his mouth .
23 She would have to get used to the way she looked in black and white .
24 She looked in horror at his hand , and the small specks of rust which were staining his skin from where he was exerting such extreme pressure .
25 ‘ Now just go back in yer mind to that room , tell me everythin' she said , or even how she looked in answer to your questions , that would help . ’
26 She looked in shop windows and willed herself to think of the days when she would be able to afford clothes like she saw there .
27 She looked in front of them and could n't see anything .
28 Jonna flinched back and Annie sighed as she looked from father to son .
29 She looked from face to face in the darkness , faces that seemed to belong to hideous inquisitors , with the torch beams casting harsh angular shadows from below into their upturned faces .
30 ‘ I suppose father has left her something ; he had a soft spot for Anna , he said she looked like mother . ’
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