Example sentences of "looking [adv prt] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And a call … ’ he wiped his hand across his face , looking down at the moisture he rubbed off and laughing almost ironically .
2 ‘ 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 .
3 I was still looking down at the girl in the grass .
4 Looking down at the top of Joe 's balding pate , Michael listened to the haunting childish voice and could have cried .
5 For nearly a minute he said nothing and I had the sense to keep quiet , too , looking down at the top of his head .
6 And she sat there , still looking down at the sand .
7 ‘ We 've been fortunate , so far , ’ the Governor said , looking down at the man lying in the bed .
8 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 . ’
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 The Prince and McPhee had walked on to the top of the bank and were standing looking down at the river .
12 Looking down at the reflection of the stars in the still , calm sea below , she said softly , ‘ I 'm glad we came up here .
13 Craig Grenfell stood on the hilltop looking down at the scene in the graveyard below .
14 She was looking down at the water , which was only inches deep .
15 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 .
16 I cough again looking down at the tile floor of the room .
17 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 ?
18 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 .
19 There 's nothing finer than standing on the edge of a Dales hill like this looking down at the landscape strung out below .
20 Joanna rushed off and Sophie stood looking down at the telephone .
21 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 .
22 ‘ I have always wanted Isabel to like me , ’ she said sadly , looking down at the box , ‘ but she never has . ’
23 He did not touch , but stood looking down at the page .
24 Again she was silent for a moment or two , looking down at the carpet of tawny beech leaves , debris of the previous autumn , now shimmering in the dappled shafts of light which struggled through the tree canopy .
25 Then , looking down at the book again , she went on , ‘ Are you sure she 'll be happy in the room next to mine ? ’
26 But now he trod carefully across the carpet to the bed and stood silently looking down at the body of Berowne .
27 The boy stood motionless still , looking down at the body .
28 He paused a moment , still looking down at the body , the head in the centre of a spreading pool of blood .
29 Millie was standing at the table with her hands resting on the back of a chair , looking down at the tablecloth .
30 I remember standing at the back of The Lyceum and looking down at the crowd .
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