Example sentences of "looking [adv prt] at [art] [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 I floated on my back looking up at the puffs of white cloud dotted about the blue sky .
8 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 .
9 She stood on the pavement looking up at the windows of their kitchen on the third floor .
10 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 .
11 ‘ Yes , ’ he replied , looking up at the windows of the house .
12 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 .
13 She said she wanted Timothy Gedge to stop looking up at the windows of the house .
14 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 .
15 And I 'd stand there , easing my aching back , and looking up at the stars .
16 Looking up at the stars I thought of the goddess Nut , her breasts spangled with constellations .
17 Alleycat and Digger were looking up at the stars in the sky .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 Mirabilis continued to stab the picture , muttering low-voiced curses , looking up at the walls where the pigeon was still standing .
22 You may , looking back at the stories about those two ( and you should have read them , twice over ) think they are no more than high old eccentrics bright enough to solve intriguing cases .
23 Donna slid behind the wheel of the Volvo and sat there for a moment , looking back at the ruins .
24 And then , looking back at the pictures — sharp , full of insight , yet somehow slightly flashy — he wondered whether , indirectly , they did n't give him the best notion he yet had got of Walter Machin himself .
25 It is introduced by looking back at the events which took place at Navron through the eyes of a ‘ trespasser in time ’ observing the memories that still haunt the place after Dona and the others have been and gone .
26 A quiet woman in a large white apron brought them cold white wine in a red earthenware jug , and they sat at the edge of the patio looking out at the rows of vines , of lemon trees , tomatoes and capsicums that straggled down the hillside , shaded in places by tall cypresses and stunted white-trunked olive trees .
27 Sammy stood on the mat shaking his fur by the open door and looking out at the sheets of rain that were now whipping across the graveyard .
28 He sat back on his bed , looking around at the confines of the cell .
29 Through the open door he could see the computer personnel ; some with hands still over their ears , others looking around at the walls and ceiling .
30 ‘ Okay , ’ she said , looking about at the others , ‘ what comes next ? ’
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