Example sentences of "looking [adv] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alexei was looking down at the skirts of his coat . |
| 2 | But looking down at the words now , it did not appear so simple . |
| 3 | When they had gone , Maria glanced at Luke , but to her relief he was looking down at the photos Florian had left behind , his expression inscrutable . |
| 4 | Back to the edge of the island and there was already a crowd of people looking down at the rocks . |
| 5 | And the woman seemed in no hurry to close it and shut out the dangerous night ; she simply stood , looking down at the children and smiling . |
| 6 | The two boys stood looking down at the heaps of feathers . |
| 7 | The Blues are also looking enviously at the Ports Dublin-based midfielder Martin Russell . |
| 8 | After the cremation , while the few mourners were looking gloomily at the flowers , his uncle 's solicitor , a partner in the Ipswich practice , spoke to Lewis simply to say that he believed he already knew the contents of the will . |
| 9 | The young boy still stood like a soldier , holding the reins of the horses , his eyes looking eagerly at the piles of steaming dung obligingly dropped by both Philomel and Cranston 's mount . |
| 10 | It 's not just the automotive industry which is looking critically at the suppliers . |
| 11 | Looking critically at the practices and processes of black , women artists , this course will concentrate on contemporary women of colour in the UK , their social relationships in the light of their gender and class . |
| 12 | She fell silent , looking uncertainly at the students . |
| 13 | This chapter is intended to illustrate the operation of community policing in Easton , and in the process to assess the commitment given it by the ordinary policemen and women who carry it out , looking separately at the units responsible for community relations and neighbourhood policing . |
| 14 | It seems Rover is now keeping faith with old faithfuls but analysts are looking more at the motives rather than the marketing . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not sure that there are many things suitable for men , though , ’ she added , looking helplessly at the aprons , bed jackets and hand-knitted babies ' woollens . |
| 16 | I floated on my back looking up at the puffs of white cloud dotted about the blue sky . |
| 17 | Another man would have gone away , would have pretended we were not there , would have stood looking up at the wall-plaques and the windows until we had gone safely away . |
| 18 | She stood on the pavement looking up at the windows of their kitchen on the third floor . |
| 19 | Then Bunny , battling his way against the flow of the children , appeared in the hall and halted for a moment , the belt of his mackintosh undone , looking up at the windows of the rehearsal room . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , ’ he replied , looking up at the windows of the house . |
| 21 | He did not say that a week ago the boy had been standing under the monkey-puzzle in the middle of the night , looking up at the windows of the house . |
| 22 | She said she wanted Timothy Gedge to stop looking up at the windows of the house . |
| 23 | Well , there 's a certain romance in floating in a warm swimming pool on a cold winter 's night , looking up at the stars and wondering whether to fling oneself down the rapids or go and sit in a Jacuzzi instead . |
| 24 | And I 'd stand there , easing my aching back , and looking up at the stars . |
| 25 | Looking up at the stars I thought of the goddess Nut , her breasts spangled with constellations . |
| 26 | Alleycat and Digger were looking up at the stars in the sky . |
| 27 | Halfway down we caught up with them outside the Trift Hotel and sat together in the sunshine on the veranda looking up at the peaks , eating spaghetti and drinking beer . |
| 28 | She was coming along the opposite pavement on foot and was looking up at the buildings as if she were not sure of being in the right street . |
| 29 | Benjamin paused and we all stared at the young woman now sitting back in her chair looking up at the rafters , tapping the table top and humming a tune to herself . |
| 30 | Mirabilis continued to stab the picture , muttering low-voiced curses , looking up at the walls where the pigeon was still standing . |