Example sentences of "looked [adv prt] and [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked in and had the biggest shock of my life . |
| 2 | Joe looked in and saw a dark stairway . |
| 3 | Charlie looked down and checked the length of his trousers : they now hung a good inch above the laces of his boots . |
| 4 | I looked down and saw a giant freshwater prawn almost a foot long . |
| 5 | He looked down and saw a man , small , dark , with black hair flowing down to his shoulders , staring up at him . |
| 6 | A little boy tugged at my skirt ; I looked down and saw a brown face with the sun on it , smiling . |
| 7 | Masklin looked down and saw the yellow truck roll to a halt . |
| 8 | One and a half hours later , as he still sat on a high stool at the bar , he looked down and saw the fingers of a beautifully manicured hand against his left arm , and felt the ghost of a touch of the softest breast against his shoulder . |
| 9 | Then the hard body overpowered her completely , thrusting into her , hands biting into her hips as she sprawled beneath him , her mouth slack and her eyes dazed , and as he looked down and saw the expression on her face he began to groan louder with pleasure , whispering incoherent words in a ragged , dehumanised voice , devastating her with the absolute possession he took , sliding his hands under her rear , his face contorting barbarically as he went into a violent climax in a series of deep , fast thrusts and jerked against her with a fierce cry , his body shaking as with the spontaneous release of an electric current . |
| 10 | He looked down and saw the house . |
| 11 | At three o'clock , when I had scanned every crack in the ridge , every curve of every dune , every patch of colour on the plain , I looked down and saw an ant , crawling into the wind . |
| 12 | Some , from lower viewpoints , gave glimpses of the faceted dome that covered the expanse of space ; others looked down and revealed the four tiny figures balanced a hundred metres above a vast , circular , grey plain . |
| 13 | With an impish glint of mischief in her eye the Muse of History looked down and watched the American Marines assault Grenada . |
| 14 | Wexford looked up and met the shifty eyes . |
| 15 | It was in this way that he was thinking when , with Lili by his side and their suitcases on a trolley he would abandon at the tube-station entrance , he looked up and met the eyes of Adam Verne-Smith . |
| 16 | From time to time , instinctively , he looked up and sniffed the wind , but his caution was half-hearted . |
| 17 | Ann looked up and forced a smile ; and when Jennifer glanced up the table at the master of the house , Harry replied with a wink . |
| 18 | Robyn looked up and forced a sarcastic smile . |
| 19 | She looked up and scanned the laboratory . |
| 20 | He looked up and managed a somewhat wavering smile . |
| 21 | Adam looked up and saw a storm-trooper running towards him , waving his hand . |
| 22 | I looked up and saw a big-ribbed canopy of light pink and white descending over me , and the next moment I felt myself drawn downward , feet first , and I realised that I was being swallowed by a whale . |
| 23 | Elizabeth looked up and saw a brown uniform and a friendly face , framed in the lovely black hair typical of the Maltese . |
| 24 | He looked up and saw a plane following him down ; it too had a battered wing-tip . |
| 25 | He looked up and saw a wooden stave falling towards his head . |
| 26 | Leila looked up and saw the man standing in the doorway , recognising him immediately for a creature less human than Sindy or any of her contemporaries . |
| 27 | Suddenly , there was a commotion at the door and I looked up and saw the skinny preacher walk in . |
| 28 | I looked up and saw the ghost of a frown . |
| 29 | He looked up and saw the vicar carrying a book that looked more like an illustrated part work from W. H. Smith 's than Holy Writ . |
| 30 | There was a shrieking in her ears , so vibratingly shrill that for an instant she thought it was the whole Glass Castle shivering to pieces — then she looked up and saw the Women sweeping down on them , screaming their war cry . |