Example sentences of "she looked [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She looked round for approbation at this feat of memory but there was none .
2 She looked round for support .
3 She looked round with pleasure .
4 Her colleague , Sister Nina Clarey , was on duty in the centre , and she looked round in surprise from the store cupboard where she was checking supplies and peered at Rachel over her glasses .
5 Perplexed , she looked up into Dane 's face .
6 Startled , she looked up into Dane 's sea-blue eyes , and even as she tried to strengthen herself against him she felt a rush of longing so intense that it made her weak at the knees .
7 Then Neva had a better idea ; she looked up to heaven and saw the mighty sun travelling across the sky overhead , darting his gold rays down like arrows .
8 She looked up in surprise ; she swallowed her mouthful of chocolate digestive , and tried to stand up .
9 She looked up in surprise to see Jason with an unusually serious expression on his face .
10 Rachel stared at the ground and wished they 'd all go home , but when her father spoke again she looked up in surprise .
11 A sudden sound in the doorway startled her and she looked up in fear .
12 She looked straight in front of her , and her face was as cold and hard as marble .
13 Please — ’ And she looked imploringly at Mum .
14 She looked away from Dane 's eyes now , suddenly gripped by an almost overwhelming need to ask him to stay .
15 She looked out to sea , as far as she could through the mist , and thought of great trees whispering under the waves .
16 And she liked the idea of going to work you see , she 'd she 'd got a family , she 'd be about oh she was about ten years older than I was and erm she looked out of place you know .
17 I I became a great friend of hers actually , er she looked out of place on the bench .
18 She looked out of place amongst the rest who were dressed mostly in jeans and running-shoes , like an advertisement for clothes for the older woman .
19 She looked across at Nan , who was giving the thumbs-up sign .
20 Consequently she looked hard for work away from Marlott .
21 She looked sideways at Finn to see if he was sufficiently irritated by all this .
22 Yes , of course she must be , only she did n't care , she looked down on food : there was no fun in it .
23 She looked back with courage , and said boldly , ‘ It is n't much , but , as you say , we do get a holiday in the sun at the same time . ’
24 She looked back at Maxim .
25 When she looked back at Petion , she saw that he was watching her with a sympathetic expression .
26 But she had known that , while she looked back in wonder across a million years , his mind on the minute scrape of putty from the heel of the suspect 's shoe , the trace which might prove a man was a rapist or a murderer .
27 She was obviously in distress , raising herself on all fours , snatching the hair from her face as she looked back in terror at the plaster wall from which she had just come .
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