Example sentences of "looked about him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Harry looked about him at the comfortable disorder of the place , which was not at all like the spick and span home Ann had made for him . |
2 | He all but bumped into the couple , but , just in time , he arrested his progress , drew back , seemed , for an instant , to seek for oxygen as if he had emerged from some physical deep of ocean , looked about him at the mundane world he had re-entered and then , with rapid dignity , collected himself . |
3 | All this , ’ he looked about him at the books and paintings and machines , ‘ it speaks of a love of knowledge . ’ |
4 | Li Shai Tung let the remote drift slowly towards the starship and sat back , one hand smoothing through his long beard while he looked about him at the faces of his fellow T'ang . |
5 | He looked about him at the decoration of the study . |
6 | Karr looked about him at the carnage , then turned , facing Ebert . |
7 | Hammond looked about him at the bare white walls , then nodded . |
8 | Chen took a deep breath then looked about him at the banks of monitors that filled every wall of the huge , hexagonal room , impressed despite himself . |
9 | Old Den turned the horse and looked about him in the yard . |
10 | Moran 's high-strung nervousness , which was usually concealed by slow , deliberate movements , was all on show as he looked about him like an animal in unknown territory and tore open the envelope . |