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Example sentences of "looking [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1	High , curved , hand-carved doors led from the reception area to the conference room and residents ' sitting-room , where afternoon tea would be served looking down across the gardens to the accompaniment of a grand piano .
2	Alexei was looking down at the skirts of his coat .
3	But looking down at the words now , it did not appear so simple .
4	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 .
5	Back to the edge of the island and there was already a crowd of people looking down at the rocks .
6	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 .
7	The two boys stood looking down at the heaps of feathers .
8	Looking down on the clouds , Snowdonia
9	He stood by the large window , looking down on the lights of Leeds .
10	A stroll in the moonlight by the old St Joseph 's seminary and the lake , and then looking down on the lights of Wigan .
11	‘ I came to hate the Tech-Green philosophy and did n't want to live out an expanded life up there somewhere , looking down on the unfortunates left on Earth .
12	They leaned against the heavy stone balustrade of the terrace , looking down over the gardens , dark and mysterious .
13	One can picture Hoskyns looking down from the skies and being grateful for his pupil ; and Bethune-Baker looking down and thinking that he always knew where Hoskyns might lead the Churches .
14	Ebenezer Chapel , Siloa Chapel — cold , gloomy places with pictures of dead , bearded Chapel Elders looking down from the walls .
15	Long before they had passed the watershed and were looking over into the jaws of the mountains at the head of Loch Morar , young Angus felt he had strayed into a foreign country .
16	Standing in the Townley Room and looking through to the sculptures displayed next door ( Room 83 ) , most of which were intended for public display , one is well aware of the reduced scale and decorative qualities sought by the private collector who wined and dined amidst his collection .
17	This thought came into Charles 's already overcrowded mind , and he found himself looking off into the wings , whence the fatal shot had come .
18	Philip thought he must have seen him but he had n't , because he stopped and whistled again , looking up towards the cliffs .
19	I floated on my back looking up at the puffs of white cloud dotted about the blue sky .
20	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 .
21	She stood on the pavement looking up at the windows of their kitchen on the third floor .
22	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 .
23	‘ Yes , ’ he replied , looking up at the windows of the house .
24	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 .
25	She said she wanted Timothy Gedge to stop looking up at the windows of the house .
26	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 .
27	And I 'd stand there , easing my aching back , and looking up at the stars .
28	Looking up at the stars I thought of the goddess Nut , her breasts spangled with constellations .
29	Alleycat and Digger were looking up at the stars in the sky .
30	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 .