Example sentences of "looked [adv prt] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Holly stood beside a poorly dug hole and he looked down at a T-shaped junction of pipes and saw that the screw-fastened aperture that gave access to the pipe join and its subsidiary were swathed in doth and knotted around in plastic sheeting .
2 Dazed , I looked down at a little girl with wide , solemn eyes .
3 Ellen caught my eye , looked down at the ridiculous leaflet , and suddenly we both began to laugh helplessly .
4 He looked down at the foul mess before him .
5 She looked down at the front fastenings , then her fingers shook as they fumbled to button the jacket correctly .
6 I looked down at the four orange cards on the counter , lining them up evenly .
7 She nodded , as she looked down at the tiny poodle .
8 Sarah looked down at the sleeping infant and made some suitable comment , but her mind was occupied with Elizabeth 's obvious ill-health .
9 He looked down at the shining pate of the man behind the desk who was leafing through a file .
10 I looked down at the perfect rosebud lips , the determined chin and the tiny clenched fists of my cub .
11 Then the wizard looked down at the six big coins in his hand .
12 He walked up to the pram and looked down at the young child .
13 Corbett looked down at the fearful remains of a young man who , the last time they had met , had been a vigorous young soldier interested in clearing his own name .
14 Shamlou looked down at the cowering woman in the hearth , the petrol-sodden gown clinging to her body .
15 She looked down at the broad flags of the terrace they were crossing .
16 he looked down at the two hands locked onto his arm and then at the small man hurrying on ahead , and realized that he still had his chaperons , and once again they were not of his own choosing …
17 She looked down at the two pink roses , the green spray of fern .
18 ‘ They tell me betting-shops are littered with torn-up betting-slips , ’ said Morse , as he looked down at the two pink slips that Ashenden had handed to him .
19 He looked down at the other hand neatly folded in his lap .
20 I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head .
21 For several minutes Morse looked down at the turbid , turgid river ; and his thoughts were as restless as the waters below him .
22 She looked down at the undersized and ill-clothed child , and was warmed by an ache of loving despair .
23 Robyn looked down at the black bin-liner in her hands , looked up to where he sat , registered the determined , quietly angry expression on his face and then looked at the fountain .
24 Lewis looked down at the uncarpeted floor-boards and put his note-book away .
25 He looked down at the yawning drop below .
26 She looked down at the spotless white surface of the table .
27 Soon , the spaceship left Earth , and everyone looked down at the burning planet .
28 I looked down at the viscid mess and up to meet his dry smile .
29 She went over to it , her mouth dry , her pulses racing , and when she looked down at the cherubic child with bright golden hair she had to grip the arms for support .
30 Sophie looked down at the unconscious West Highland terrier and saw that his breathing was rapid and shallow .
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