Example sentences of "and looked [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I flew down and looked at the computer screens to see what was written on them , and they all said in huge letters …
2 Mr Stych stopped in his tracks at the mention of such a sum of money , as Hank had hoped he would , and looked at the boy as if he might have gone dangerously mad .
3 ‘ I suppose the humans or whatever knew they would be coming back , and I 've been up and looked at the controls and , you know , it 's probably easier than the truck was , only of course there 's these extra levers for the hydraulics , but that should n't be a problem if there 's enough fuel , which … ’
4 We 've gone back and looked at the correspondence we 've had about the News Network .
5 Richard had nodded his head and looked at the floor and said nothing .
6 A small boy in pyjamas put down the basket he was weaving and looked at the face for a second or two , then turned back to his basket .
7 She put down the slice she already had , and looked at the plate .
8 She stuffed the printout into her bag , where — somewhere — three other copies were already lurking , and looked at the time .
9 General Carson laid down the slip of paper he had been studying and looked at the colonel seated across the table from him .
10 ‘ When I think back , knowing what I know now — and I have been so many places , and looked into the windows of other people 's lives , and I have seen so much — I still ca n't say for sure what Gittel really wanted .
11 It was only when she got home and looked in the hall mirror that she saw the enormous dark red love bite on her neck .
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