Example sentences of "looked [adv prt] over [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Climbing up on to a high bastion , I looked down over the shimmering interior of the fort and thought of the words that must once have been a set text for the cavalrymen stationed here : |
| 2 | He could hear her barking and looked down over the steep side of the embankment to the bottom of the trees . |
| 3 | We looked out over a bare open landscape , its thin grass patched with sandy stretches . |
| 4 | As he looked out over the familiar landscape that spring day , the poetic miracles which had begun in the lime-tree bower were coming to an end . |
| 5 | I got up and , sitting at my window , looked out over the still-sleeping city , and wrote my first poem to this unknown god : |
| 6 | Along the wall opposite the bookcase was a bed and under the front window which looked out over the tiny arched lane and fields , was a small table with a photograph of a young dark-haired woman and a slightly older man with large penetrating eyes and a broad grin . |
| 7 | Finally we sat in the hide open to the general public and looked out over the wide expanse of water at Low Ellers . |
| 8 | She looked out over the smudged white landscape of Regent 's Park , then peered at the road below . |
| 9 | Then , as now , it looked out over the broad creek and the gunmetal-coloured mud with the eaten-looking wreck of an old fishing boat sticking out of it . |
| 10 | It took Quiss longer than he had expected to get to the castle kitchens ; they 'd changed some of the corridors and stairways en route from the games room to the lower levels , and Quiss , taking what he thought was the usual way , had found himself making an unexpected left turn and coming to a windy , deserted , echoing chamber which looked out over the white landscape to the tall wooden towers of the slate mines . |
| 11 | ‘ God , I hope so , ’ Whitlock said then got to his feet and moved to the balcony where he looked out over the illuminated New York skyline . |
| 12 | I turned and looked out over the slanted , foreshortened wedge of streets and stocky tenements , and for once the strain in my ears found the appropriate line , the right score . |
| 13 | ‘ When we pulled out of Jaffa , I stood on the stern and looked out over the old city , ’ he said . |
| 14 | I looked out over the empty white road to the sky and saw the morning sun sparkling . |
| 15 | She looked out over the northern part of the lake to Burtness Wood , where the rain on the leaves made a sound she loved . |
| 16 | She stood up , stretched , then moved to the window and looked out over the busy concourse . |
| 17 | ‘ Of course I have , ’ she answered , her gaze unconsciously wistful as she looked out over the smooth water of the lake . |
| 18 | We eventually picked a hotel which looked out over the main square and settled down in the bar . |