Example sentences of "looking [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a twinge of conscience it occurred to her that it was not often Omi got out ; a rare trip to the theatre or a concert , Wannsee in summer , or Potsdam , but in the winter she was trapped in the flat , passing long , lonely hours looking on to a street where little happened . |
| 2 | Have to find him yon old folkery with the picture-window looking on to the stand of immemorial beeches , the dingle dell , the plashing brook , the wishing-well , the verdant sward … |
| 3 | premises ‘ over the shop ’ , looking on to the town 's main streets , can provide desirable offices for local professional firms , or indeed flats — residential use in particular keeps the streets alive in the evenings and at weekends when the shops are shut . |
| 4 | At first Roger , warmed by his work , confidence boosted by a bombproof hex in the base of the corner , was still looking optimistically to the crux , and seemed surprised by my shaken croaks of retreat . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't see what 's so funny , ’ said Robert , who was looking nervously down the street . |
| 6 | It is no good not following those rules and then worrying when your teenager is not back at the expected time , looking nervously at the clock and twitching the curtains every time a car pulls up in your road . |
| 7 | A small group ( two bulls and six heifers ) was exported to an English agricultural college in 1988 on an experimental basis , and here it was described as looking rather like a South Devon or a beefy Jersey ; the bulls are being used on the college 's Friesian dairy herd to produce beef calves . |
| 8 | Why it got this name I 've no idea , as the so called ‘ bees ’ , looking rather like the cereal Sugar Puffs , were reputed to be an Australian fungus with yeast-like properties . |
| 9 | An income tax inspector ( anonymous ) on a rather flippant float , looking grimly into the crowd and singling out strangers . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll break his neck if ever I get hold of him , ’ said Len , looking fiercely round the teashop . |
| 11 | He stood , looking thoughtfully at the ground ; then , coming to himself , he shook hands once again . |
| 12 | Square white buildings , three storeys high , sat at regular intervals on the slope , all looking down towards the parade ground . |
| 13 | I would remained erm close to the doorway covering the internal hallway er effectively looking down towards the kitchen and the living room area . |
| 14 | But sitting up in the bedroom looking down towards the river , she was asking herself more often of late whether meat and clothing were all there was to life . |
| 15 | Looking down towards the mouth of the street , they saw shadows gathering . |
| 16 | After that I avoided looking down towards the woodpile until , when it was almost too dark to see , I glanced down one last time — and she was gone . |
| 17 | She was looking down to the garden gate , which at that moment Greg Hocking was closing carefully behind him . |
| 18 | And a call … ’ he wiped his hand across his face , looking down at the moisture he rubbed off and laughing almost ironically . |
| 19 | ‘ We 've all got to share , ’ she said , as they passed through the swing doors and found themselves looking down at the courtyard of the Museum . |
| 20 | I was still looking down at the girl in the grass . |
| 21 | Looking down at the top of Joe 's balding pate , Michael listened to the haunting childish voice and could have cried . |
| 22 | For nearly a minute he said nothing and I had the sense to keep quiet , too , looking down at the top of his head . |
| 23 | And she sat there , still looking down at the sand . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've been fortunate , so far , ’ the Governor said , looking down at the man lying in the bed . |
| 25 | Looking down at the man who had quietly assisted her and whose clothes were now covered in the other man 's blood , she said , ‘ You 'd better go with them as well . ’ |
| 26 | Hal Shepherd stood at the turn of the road , his hands resting lightly on the low stone wall , looking down at the row of cottages and the bay beyond . |
| 27 | Looking down at the river , she could see that the level had dropped , uncovering lines of bricks on the wall beneath them that looked as if they rarely saw the sun . |
| 28 | The Prince and McPhee had walked on to the top of the bank and were standing looking down at the river . |
| 29 | Looking down at the reflection of the stars in the still , calm sea below , she said softly , ‘ I 'm glad we came up here . |
| 30 | Craig Grenfell stood on the hilltop looking down at the scene in the graveyard below . |