Example sentences of "look round at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How this reminds me of old times , ’ she sighed , looking round at the hall with its decorated stalls and paper chains and lanterns hanging from the rafters . |
| 2 | But Gran accepted it , patting her hand and then looking round at the clock as if to remind herself life had to go on . |
| 3 | Vic inquires , looking round at the kitchen surfaces already cluttered with numerous electrical appliances — toaster , kettle , coffee-maker , food-processor , electric wok , chip-fryer , waffle-maker … |
| 4 | Cos er , Mark last week said er , he 'd been approached by a wedding to do a disco , he said well I ca n't it 's a Saturday , and then he said well , you know , where are you having the reception , said well we 're looking round at the moment . |
| 5 | She could have hired a team of professionals to do the work , of course , but she 'd wanted to be able to look round at the end of it all and know she 'd done it . |
| 6 | He tried very hard not to cough like he 'd seen people cough in westerns when they tried whisky for the first time , and got away with just clearing his throat rather loudly ( he looked round at the curtains , afraid somebody might have heard ) . |
| 7 | Mr Brocklehurst , on the other hand , now looked round at the girls , and almost jumped in surprise . |
| 8 | Zen looked round at the floor of unfinished concrete littered with cement bags , lengths of wire , nails and lumps of wood , a lone glove . |
| 9 | She looked round at the others , spitting dust from their mouths , coughing , shaking with cold . |
| 10 | Then he looked round at the roses climbing the old red walls , the pink and white flowers on the fruit trees , and the birds and the butterflies everywhere . |
| 11 | He looked round at the rest of them . |
| 12 | I looked round at the faces . |
| 13 | Flora looked round at the village children swirling , screaming , across the green , like gulls round the ships of their mothers . |
| 14 | The man kicked the dog into a corner and looked round at the signs of battle . |
| 15 | The old woman looked round at the child and smiled , suddenly touched . |
| 16 | It was quite funny when you looked round at the end , you know , and everyone was just getting up |
| 17 | George looked round at the acre upon acre of emptiness . |
| 18 | Erceldoun looked round at the servants who were now busy , slowly clearing the cold , congealed messes left by the previous night 's banquet . |
| 19 | Silently he looked round at the tumbledown hut amid the zooming bees . |
| 20 | I looked round at the picture of Bruce Lee , the travel poster of Malaysia my dad gave me , my certificate of merit for Grade Two Saxophone , my 320 computer discs , my colour picture of an iguana and the tattered remains of a portable snooker table we got when I was twelve . |
| 21 | She looked round at the cuttings strewn on the floor and then back at the blank screen . |
| 22 | Molly looked round at the party . |
| 23 | He looked round at the class . |
| 24 | I looked round at the class , my finger hovering above the tape-recorder . |