Example sentences of "looked [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wednesday looked suspiciously at the rope then seized hold of it with one hand . |
| 2 | My master looked nervously at the Earl of Angus who had hardly moved except to gulp noisily from a goblet of wine . |
| 3 | The sudden sound brought down the children and Hugh , who looked nervously at the Borzoi . |
| 4 | Mr Crumwallis jumped , and looked nervously at the instrument . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Delaney looked bitterly at the shambles . |
| 7 | The Doctor looked intensely at the poet . |
| 8 | He shrugged his shoulders and looked dumbly at the grain on the wooden table . |
| 9 | Masklin looked gloomily at the rain . |
| 10 | Ajayi sat back , putting her gloves back on , She looked doubtfully at the man on the far side of the table . |
| 11 | She switched on the bedside lamp and looked dazedly at the clock . |
| 12 | She came round the side of the house and looked in at the bay window . |
| 13 | Next morning I looked in at the forge before leaving , and said goodbye to Joe , who was already hard at work . |
| 14 | Coming to the gate , he looked in at the cottage and instantly recognized the fourth photograph in Heather 's collection . |
| 15 | He approached , and looked in at the boy . |
| 16 | She sat up , flicked on her torch and looked thoughtfully at the cabin window . |
| 17 | Belov looked thoughtfully at the ground around them , as if he might still read signs that had long ago disappeared . |
| 18 | At last she set down her cup and looked pointedly at the clock on the kitchen wall . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Before the match we all looked quizzically at the pitch . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Lord Hulton looked down at the animal which had just stopped breathing . |
| 23 | He looked down at the river bed below him . |
| 24 | She 'd removed her ripped stockings earlier and now , as she looked down at the patchwork of scratches and grazes , she was relieved that there had n't been more damage . |
| 25 | Emmie looked down at the top of his head ; his hair was black and silky and he wore it rather long , like an artist . |
| 26 | She looked down at the computer screen . |
| 27 | She looked down at the biscuit , as if surprised by it . |
| 28 | She looked down at the ice as she spoke . |
| 29 | Jinny looked down at the cutting . |
| 30 | He looked down at the scatter of handwritten pages spread all over the table , and tensed his body as though anticipating a blow . |