Example sentences of "looked [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Wednesday looked suspiciously at the rope then seized hold of it with one hand . |
2 | The door opened as she was counting her change and he looked suspiciously at the coins in her palm . |
3 | The landlady looked suspiciously at the notes he proffered and asked if they were Belgian currency . |
4 | He looked across the fire at Lennie 's anguished face , and then he looked ashamedly at the flames . |
5 | My master looked nervously at the Earl of Angus who had hardly moved except to gulp noisily from a goblet of wine . |
6 | The sudden sound brought down the children and Hugh , who looked nervously at the Borzoi . |
7 | Mr Crumwallis jumped , and looked nervously at the instrument . |
8 | When Amaranth looked discreetly at the contents , there was much giggling . |
9 | Hope looked keenly at the man , held his gaze a moment — a glance which could have ruled a line straight from eye to eye — and then snapped to attention . |
10 | Delaney looked bitterly at the shambles . |
11 | The Doctor looked intensely at the poet . |
12 | He shrugged his shoulders and looked dumbly at the grain on the wooden table . |
13 | Masklin looked gloomily at the rain . |
14 | It looked afresh at the elements in the established balance between the CNAA and its institutions , retaining standards at the centre of debate , defining a continuing role for the CNAA , justifying and describing the process towards greater institutional autonomy , conceding the need to take account of different stages of development , and looking towards possible implications for the whole of higher education . |
15 | Ajayi sat back , putting her gloves back on , She looked doubtfully at the man on the far side of the table . |
16 | She switched on the bedside lamp and looked dazedly at the clock . |
17 | She came round the side of the house and looked in at the bay window . |
18 | When Coffin returned from central London late that night , he looked in at the TAS office . |
19 | Next morning I looked in at the forge before leaving , and said goodbye to Joe , who was already hard at work . |
20 | Coming to the gate , he looked in at the cottage and instantly recognized the fourth photograph in Heather 's collection . |
21 | He approached , and looked in at the boy . |
22 | She sat up , flicked on her torch and looked thoughtfully at the cabin window . |
23 | Belov looked thoughtfully at the ground around them , as if he might still read signs that had long ago disappeared . |
24 | At last she set down her cup and looked pointedly at the clock on the kitchen wall . |
25 | She looked pointedly at the stairs behind him , and he gave her a thorough scrutiny , as though trying to work out exactly what was on her mind . |
26 | The singer , who was a good-looking fair-haired boy , no more than twenty-three or four , looked pointedly at the hat , now reposing on the tiled floor . |
27 | Before the match we all looked quizzically at the pitch . |
28 | Sarah collected some mugs from a cupboard and set them down close to the coffee maker ; she looked impatiently at the level of coffee in the jug , as if the slowness of the process was a familiar annoyance . |
29 | Lord Hulton looked down at the animal which had just stopped breathing . |
30 | He looked down at the river bed below him . |