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

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1 Wednesday looked suspiciously at the rope then seized hold of it with one hand .
2 The door opened as she was counting her change and he looked suspiciously at the coins in her palm .
3 The landlady looked suspiciously at the notes he proffered and asked if they were Belgian currency .
4 He looked across the fire at Lennie 's anguished face , and then he looked ashamedly at the flames .
5 My master looked nervously at the Earl of Angus who had hardly moved except to gulp noisily from a goblet of wine .
6 The sudden sound brought down the children and Hugh , who looked nervously at the Borzoi .
7 Mr Crumwallis jumped , and looked nervously at the instrument .
8 When Amaranth looked discreetly at the contents , there was much giggling .
9 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 .
10 Delaney looked bitterly at the shambles .
11 The Doctor looked intensely at the poet .
12 He shrugged his shoulders and looked dumbly at the grain on the wooden table .
13 Masklin looked gloomily at the rain .
14 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 .
15 Ajayi sat back , putting her gloves back on , She looked doubtfully at the man on the far side of the table .
16 She switched on the bedside lamp and looked dazedly at the clock .
17 ‘ I suppose we 'll see passenger flights after this , ‘ he looked thoughtfully at a bottle of beer .
18 She sat up , flicked on her torch and looked thoughtfully at the cabin window .
19 Belov looked thoughtfully at the ground around them , as if he might still read signs that had long ago disappeared .
20 At last she set down her cup and looked pointedly at the clock on the kitchen wall .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 Before the match we all looked quizzically at the pitch .
24 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 .
25 As she paced , unaware of the picture she presented of extreme agitation , she looked only at the ground , and so did not know that she was observed .
26 Tess looked desperately at the pile of their possessions .
27 And he looked away at the crowd so near to him and felt a stab of real fear .
28 Mrs Rae looked critically at the tree and said , ‘ Silver foil .
29 Lorton looked critically at the shelving .
30 He put a large mug of steaming black coffee in front of Connon and looked enquiringly at the stuff which littered the table .
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