Example sentences of "looking [adv prt] [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 Square white buildings , three storeys high , sat at regular intervals on the slope , all looking down towards the parade ground .
5 I would remained erm close to the doorway covering the internal hallway er effectively looking down towards the kitchen and the living room area .
6 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 .
7 Looking down towards the mouth of the street , they saw shadows gathering .
8 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 .
9 She was looking down to the garden gate , which at that moment Greg Hocking was closing carefully behind him .
10 And a call … ’ he wiped his hand across his face , looking down at the moisture he rubbed off and laughing almost ironically .
11 ‘ 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 .
12 I was still looking down at the girl in the grass .
13 Looking down at the top of Joe 's balding pate , Michael listened to the haunting childish voice and could have cried .
14 For nearly a minute he said nothing and I had the sense to keep quiet , too , looking down at the top of his head .
15 And she sat there , still looking down at the sand .
16 ‘ We 've been fortunate , so far , ’ the Governor said , looking down at the man lying in the bed .
17 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 . ’
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 The Prince and McPhee had walked on to the top of the bank and were standing looking down at the river .
21 Looking down at the reflection of the stars in the still , calm sea below , she said softly , ‘ I 'm glad we came up here .
22 Craig Grenfell stood on the hilltop looking down at the scene in the graveyard below .
23 She was looking down at the water , which was only inches deep .
24 The young man stood for a moment on an overhanging ledge of the bank , looking down at the water ; the dog swam round and round below ; the man 's body was flecked all over with light and the shadow patterns of leaves , so that he seemed some human extension of the place .
25 I cough again looking down at the tile floor of the room .
26 She 'll go up to you and she goes she looks at you like that and her eyes are all wide , sh sh she 's looking down at the wall like that to make sure it 's all clear , you know what I mean ?
27 If you walked up the brow at the back of the house you were in two minutes up on a great closely cropped bare turfy expanse , looking down at the sea ; and to the left all the indentations of the coastline , the bays , the beaches and coves within them , the tumble of rocks at the bottom of some sheer cliff , far west to lonely and uninhabitable shores , was visible .
28 There 's nothing finer than standing on the edge of a Dales hill like this looking down at the landscape strung out below .
29 Joanna rushed off and Sophie stood looking down at the telephone .
30 Turning up the collar of his Burberry against the chill morning air , he climbed up the slope to the rim of the hollow and stood looking down at the car .
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