Example sentences of "she looked [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked into the mirror , moving her hips in time to some silent music in her head , letting the silky skirt swish enticingly around her legs — And saw another stranger looking back at her , eyes and mouth dreaming and vulnerable . |
| 2 | She looked into the back , which was when she realized the brown holdall had gone . |
| 3 | But comical though he was , and although Erika laughed , yet her heart was touched , and as the bus juddered through the deserted streets , all the way home she looked into the window , seeing not the flats , factories , and dark parks , but , wonderingly , her own reflection . |
| 4 | Clare was about to decline , when she looked into the girls timid , pleading eyes , and realized with surprise that the invitation was genuine — that she was to represent , however inadequately , their reception ’ . |
| 5 | She looked into the girl 's unreadable grey eyes , appreciating the fineness of her face . |
| 6 | She looked into the forest to see if the rest of the Women were close enough to catch her , if she could evade these few … |
| 7 | She looked into the eyes of this human peacock and found herself at a complete loss for words ; and he too seemed surprised by this girl who had agreed to be his bride : he looked up at her ( she was half a head taller than he ) in a way that she might have interpreted as hostile had she not been in too much of a turmoil herself to notice it . |
| 8 | Bending , she looked into the car . |
| 9 | When she looked into the dark she saw corrupt towers and crumbling walls , high on the cliff , the rooting place , now , of gigantic trees . |
| 10 | She looked into the Doctor 's eyes , noticing that they glowed faintly , as if gathering and enhancing the available light . |
| 11 | She looked into the living-room . |
| 12 | She looked into the circle of their cabal , and saw what had occupied them . |
| 13 | ’ She looked about the kitchen , walked to the doorway , looked around the living room and turned back to Caroline . |
| 14 | She looked about the room , and then back at him . |
| 15 | She looked about the room , then said thoughtlessly , ‘ Doreen will be furious — ’ |
| 16 | She looked to the side for a moment . |
| 17 | She looked to the right , towards the junction with the B road . |
| 18 | Martha 's face was now flushed and she looked on the verge of tears . |
| 19 | ‘ She looked on the verge of tears , ’ said one observer . |
| 20 | The returning colour drained out of her face again , and she looked on the point of collapse . |
| 21 | She looked at the earpiece and blew some flour off the metal diaphragm . |
| 22 | As she did this , she looked at the newspaper and read some of the words on the page … and it was like a terrible dream . |
| 23 | All the women exclaimed at the sight of the red , pink and white azaleas massed on the steps , but each thought privately that only she could appreciate the true beauty and significance of the flowers — Sophia feeling that here was the essence of the Italy she knew and loved , Penelope experiencing a lift of the heart as if the flowers held a promise of future romantic adventures , Ianthe knowing as she looked at the flower what she had only suspected before — that she was in love with John . |
| 24 | Is try and make up a mountain that 's misty , so she looked at the map and began to climb down . |
| 25 | She looked at the man . |
| 26 | She looked at the man , waiting for his reassurance . |
| 27 | She looked at the man witheringly , then shook her head . |
| 28 | She looked at the man . |
| 29 | She looked at the man sitting opposite her , and was suffused with a sense of loss . |
| 30 | She looked at the tyre and saw at once that even if there had been someone about who could have helped her , the tyre could n't be mended on the spot-there was a long split in the outer cover . |