Example sentences of "he looked at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at the soles of the feet , making careful note of what he saw . |
| 2 | To test his theory he looked at the processes responsible for producing monstrosities , because these provided the closest observable parallel to the saltative transmutations demanded by his theory . |
| 3 | He looked at the bubbles intently : they could be frogspawn or snow just fallen , or clouds , or millions of tiny crystals , almost invisible . |
| 4 | He looked at the woodcuts , which were described on the title page as ‘ Illustrations by B.G. ’ A female figure with a scarfed head , flying apron and great wooden shoes , standing in a clearing surrounded by dark pine trees full of white eyes among their crossing arms of needles . |
| 5 | He looked at the furnishings , the pictures , the bed with its rich crimson bedspread . |
| 6 | Sometimes he looked at the clouds and wondered what percentage ashes they were . |
| 7 | He looked at the keys . |
| 8 | He looked at the letters . |
| 9 | Late that night , he looked at the letters again , in the bathroom . |
| 10 | He looked at the visitors . |
| 11 | He looked at the difficulties , with open eyes . |
| 12 | It cost rather a lot , Nigel discovered when he looked at the bills he was expected to pay . |
| 13 | He looked at the stains on his hands , then at the murder beside the totem . |
| 14 | He looked at the lights in the bedroom windows , and wondered which one was hers . |
| 15 | He looked at the bottles , which were many colours , red and green and blue and smoky topaz , and contained wisps and rinsings of nothing much , a sigh of smoke in one , a rocking of spirituous liquid in another . |
| 16 | He looked at the holes I had dug and grinned . |
| 17 | He looked at the names underneath . |
| 18 | He looked at the children , at Nick 's horrified face , and then at Auntie Lou . |
| 19 | He looked at the sectors of the power industry that the closure of the nuclear plants will hit hardest : electricity , its combined production with useful heat ( cogeneration ) , and district heating . |
| 20 | When he was looking to expand with another concept , he looked at the labels in his shops for something with a distinctive yet commercial image and decided on this French casualwear label . |
| 21 | He looked at the displays with pride . |
| 22 | He looked at the contents . |
| 23 | After we went through the second door , Buff stood without moving and he looked at the trees and did n't say anything . |
| 24 | He looked at the backs of her knees , nearly fainted with the beauty of them , and went into the drawing-room again to convalesce , holding the photograph on his big lap . |
| 25 | Three rows in front of Aldrich , on his left-hand side as he looked at the backs of their heads , sat Howard and Shirley Brown . |
| 26 | He looked at the words written simply on the coffin lid — Fanny Robin and child . |
| 27 | He looked at the books Willie had chosen and picked some others from the bookcase with animal pictures in them . |
| 28 | He looked at the walls again . |
| 29 | ‘ Eejits , ’ he said quietly , as he looked at the bantams roosting on a low perch . |
| 30 | Is it not the case that the right hon. Gentleman 's delay in coming to the House to announce his decision is because , when he looked at the facts , he was minded to reject the application but was told by the puppet master sitting next to him that he had to make a political decision ? |