Example sentences of "and looked [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Remember : the Government had set for the growth of earnings a guideline of five per cent ; and looked towards a long-term approach in which collective bargaining would be based each year on a broad agreement between Government , union and employers about the maximum level of earnings which would be compatible with keeping inflation under control in the following twelve months .
2 ‘ I have no intention of meeting her , ’ Jenna began , but he too stood and looked towards the long windows as a car came speedily to the house .
3 One afternoon I lay down and looked through a large attic skylight .
4 She shook her head and looked through the front window .
5 He walked to the chair and looked through the grubby net curtain .
6 Henry went to the oven and looked through the grease-stained glass window .
7 When he lifted out the first and looked through the handwritten pages he found that he was holding Henryk Liawski 's personal diary covering odd and irregular dates between 1952 and 1958 .
8 So she lay on the floor and looked through the open door , into a beautiful garden with green trees and bright flowers .
9 When they reached the log they stopped side by side and looked across the narrow water towards him .
10 He read the letters interlaced with hearts ; he lit a cigarette , exhaled slowly , watching the smoke nudge across the roof until it found its way out into the sky through the circle in the roof like a full moon ; he lifted the door open , and looked across the olive grove .
11 She opened the door for Matthew and looked across the grey yard .
12 On reaching the top of the hill , Tess paused and looked for a long time at the familiar green world of home .
13 I recalled those days at school and looked for a sympathetic response .
14 Robert waved briefly , ducked , and looked for an alternative means of escape .
15 Something on the ground caught his eye and he bent down and looked at a small print in the soft earth .
16 Dot slid down from the high bed and sat on the carpet and looked at a wooden dolls ' house , a painted rocking horse , but she did n't touch .
17 Agrippa stopped and looked at a lonely bird shrieking above us as if it was a devil let loose to wander this lonely wilderness .
18 Antony turned the grill off and looked at the dark brown slices of bread .
19 She stopped and looked at the other three who were scrutinising her in amused silence .
20 I picked up a pair of combat boots from a pile in the corner , found some laces , and looked at the other people wondering with whom I could swop my uniform .
21 Smiling , even demure , Alice accepted the tea that Mary offered to prepare out of guilt , of course ; and looked at the other two and thought : God how I hate you people .
22 Nicholson turned and looked at the other man contemptuously .
23 He took a drink and looked at the other young man .
24 He rolled over , and spread his loosened limbs in the bed , he opened windows , he went to the Tate Gallery alone and looked at the dissolving blue and gold air of Turner 's Norham Castle .
25 Kiah and Rilla sat down on the expensive green and black chairs and looked at the expensive flowers on the tables .
26 He turned and looked at the slender woman cowering in her chair .
27 She turned and looked at the distant figure of Dorcas and her eyes narrowed .
28 He stood up and looked at the following wagon .
29 She put the note to one side , and looked at the final message .
30 Now the reason why we 've gone through all these horrible equations right , and looked at the adaptive expectations model and the partial adjustment model is because both of these two things are incorporated into single res erm a single supply response model that was developed by Nerlove Nur Nerlove in nineteen fifty eight old model but very very popular , right .
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