Example sentences of "looked [prep] [pron] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harry looked about him at the comfortable disorder of the place , which was not at all like the spick and span home Ann had made for him . |
| 2 | He all but bumped into the couple , but , just in time , he arrested his progress , drew back , seemed , for an instant , to seek for oxygen as if he had emerged from some physical deep of ocean , looked about him at the mundane world he had re-entered and then , with rapid dignity , collected himself . |
| 3 | All this , ’ he looked about him at the books and paintings and machines , ‘ it speaks of a love of knowledge . ’ |
| 4 | Li Shai Tung let the remote drift slowly towards the starship and sat back , one hand smoothing through his long beard while he looked about him at the faces of his fellow T'ang . |
| 5 | He looked about him at the decoration of the study . |
| 6 | Karr looked about him at the carnage , then turned , facing Ebert . |
| 7 | Hammond looked about him at the bare white walls , then nodded . |
| 8 | Chen took a deep breath then looked about him at the banks of monitors that filled every wall of the huge , hexagonal room , impressed despite himself . |
| 9 | Outside , she stood and looked about her at the maze of buildings . |
| 10 | She looked about her at the freshness of the morning , then laughed and , pulling her hair out of the tight bun she had secured it in to ride , shook her head . |
| 11 | Carrie looked about her at the crackling fire and a fair semblance of tidiness in the kitchen . |
| 12 | As she followed Penry as quickly as she could she looked about her at the island with interest , curious to see what had lain behind a veil of sea mist and rain since her dramatic arrival . |
| 13 | She flashed the note around , proudly though covertly , and looked for him at the bus stop , but she could not look for him without some misgiving . |
| 14 | They looked for it at the hospital and at the police station . |
| 15 | He swallowed and , keeping his head low , looked past her at the girls . |
| 16 | He seemed a little tense , and looked past me at the bedroom door ; and I was reminded of that first day . |
| 17 | She looked behind her at the door of the courtroom . |
| 18 | Blanche looked round her at the wallpapered walls and the flounced pink curtains and said , ‘ How very nice . |
| 19 | She looked round her at the luxurious suite and shuddered . |
| 20 | She would know at once when the right people entered the from the moment she looked upon them at the top of the wide staircase . |
| 21 | But let me say here that that was just how it looked to me at the time ; that there was a nice logic to it , that Boy 's beginning matched O 's ending , that Boy 's first night was O's last , or it certainly would have been his last if Boy had not fallen into his arms . |
| 22 | Whitlock smiled at her then looked beyond her at the couple on the sofa . |
| 23 | He looked around him at the other producers and researchers . |
| 24 | Only now he was smiling as he looked around him at the chaos . |
| 25 | Then she looked around her at the other smiling faces , and remembered why the policemen were there . |
| 26 | Kate looked around her at the busy incident room . |