Example sentences of "and look across the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Leaving the church and looking across the road you will see to your right the Renaissance portal of the Royal Palace , the All Saints ' Chapel and the Institute of Gentlewomen .
2 Standing on the south bank and looking across the river at the village , one can see that it is still well-wooded with only the church spire and a small number of houses visible through the trees .
3 But she was still at the table , alone and looking across the river .
4 And as I became more intoxicated and frustrated I 'd throw open the bedroom window as the dawn came up , and look across the gardens , lawns , greenhouses , sheds and curtained windows .
5 Take any desktop published document and look across the page .
6 Well looking at it carefully , as I have done , it 's surprising that if you take the whole of the last forty years and look across the world there are really only about eight major what you can call disasters — I call the calamities , because they are not really disasters — that have occurred with medicines .
7 and looked across the lawn
8 She ran one finger across the keys of his typewriter and looked across the room to the photo of him which hung on the wall , smiling .
9 Then , tiring of their unfriendly glances , she turned her back on them and looked across the street .
10 Finn sucked gently on his cigarette and looked across the table at Gregson , who was peering through the window into the street beyond .
11 At last : " A freak , I suppose , " Maman spoke without interest , but somehow conveying distaste she put down her coffee-cup and looked across the table .
12 For a long moment they both stopped eating , and looked across the table at each other .
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