Example sentences of "looked [adv] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The door opened as she was counting her change and he looked suspiciously at the coins in her palm . |
| 2 | The landlady looked suspiciously at the notes he proffered and asked if they were Belgian currency . |
| 3 | He looked across the fire at Lennie 's anguished face , and then he looked ashamedly at the flames . |
| 4 | When Amaranth looked discreetly at the contents , there was much giggling . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He looked helplessly at the wires and intricate bits of metal in front of them . |
| 8 | He looked slyly at the others , ‘ How could we ? ’ |
| 9 | She looked slyly at the children and laughed when they laughed . |
| 10 | He looked carefully at the sticks of uneven length and thickness that Philip had fixed together , too loosely . |
| 11 | Everything she had thought had been a lie and she looked carefully at the things she now possessed with new eyes . |
| 12 | Marcus looked tearfully at the piles of clothes . |
| 13 | He looked intently at the pictures conjured up before him . |
| 14 | He looked lovingly at the paint-brushes . |
| 15 | He looked lovingly at the paints and brushes and swallowed a pain that had risen at the back of his throat . |
| 16 | We looked across at the mountains and then at ourselves , and a smile split our dusty faces , then burst into a laugh . |
| 17 | Maggie walked out on to the balcony and looked across at the mountains . |
| 18 | The girl with the flowers stopped , looked across at the men , then turned into a front drive and was gone from sight . |
| 19 | Hawkins looked briefly at the signals again . |
| 20 | He looked covertly at the members to his left and right : they gave not a flicker of recognition . |
| 21 | When she had sealed the envelope , Bathsheba looked closely at the words left by the seal : |
| 22 | Bernice looked again at the bones . |
| 23 | As she looked again at the faces of her family she was ready to burst into tears and almost did so but Erika , moving lightly into the kitchen , said : ‘ Fräulein Silber thinks that I should stay with her next week . ’ |
| 24 | As they swung past me I looked again at the SPs and my hear gave a thud . |
| 25 | Pascoe looked ruefully at the piles of paper which had accumulated since the enquiry started . |
| 26 | Braithwaite looked disapprovingly at the rows of bottles . |