Example sentences of "looked [adv] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The door opened as she was counting her change and he looked suspiciously at the coins in her palm .
2 The landlady looked suspiciously at the notes he proffered and asked if they were Belgian currency .
3 He looked across the fire at Lennie 's anguished face , and then he looked ashamedly at the flames .
4 When Amaranth looked discreetly at the contents , there was much giggling .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 She looked down at the roses .
8 She looked down at the notes on the small side table , and then pulled off her wore framed pince-nez .
9 He looked down at the tablecloths splattered with grease and wine , the platters now cleared .
10 They sat at a table and looked down at the lights of the shipping in the Tagus .
11 Except — ’ He looked down at the trenches of scattered earth .
12 Masklin relaxed a bit , and looked down at the figures in the sand .
13 Pickerage , already flushed , looked down at the sheets , hot and bothered .
14 At the top of the hill , they looked down at the fields below .
15 He looked down at the men lying there , unconscious , breathing shallowly ; and Luch jerked to wakefulness and tensed as his hand moved to his dirk …
16 Miranda looked down at the stones below .
17 He looked helplessly at the wires and intricate bits of metal in front of them .
18 Later , in sleeping-bags , with Grégoire quiet and breathing peacefully , Edouard lay on his back , and looked up at the stars .
19 The fortune-teller lay on her back behind the low wall and she was dying , or perhaps she was dead , for her eyes were open and she looked up at the stars .
20 He looked up at the horses , shading his eyes against a sting of sun from the west .
21 He looked up at the windows of the house .
22 Ruthven looked up at the birds wheeling and twisting against the blue sky .
23 Shaking the water from her matted hair and sodden white lab coat while drawing a series of relieved gulps of air , the woman looked up at the Marines with a weak smile .
24 He looked up at the clouds .
25 Ian walked to the open window and looked up at the hills , with their barracks , prison and asylum perched aloft .
26 Paul , you looked up at the times .
27 Holding her , Anna looked up at the others .
28 She looked up at the advertisements above the windows .
29 He looked up at the newcomers outlined against the bright light of the street .
30 She looked up at the books on the shelves and reached for the closest .
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