Example sentences of "she looked [adv prt] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She looked around at the other people in the water , and when she saw Matthew , brown and sinewy , poised on the board for a swift controlled racing dive , she admitted to herself that it was him she was searching for .
2 She looked around at the bare , cheerless workshop , at the roughly made counter and the cold bare flags of the floor and shivered , what a place to have to work , even in her own reduced circumstances she was so much better placed than Hari Morgan .
3 As Donna climbed the stairs slowly she looked around at the dozens of people entering and leaving the building , wondering how the hell she was supposed to find someone she 'd never seen before .
4 The desperate woman 's eyes sparkled and she looked up at the crafty totter with new interest .
5 Bessie was busy rolling out pastry for the meat pies and she looked up at the young nurse .
6 She looked up at the six solid feet of him , at the huge , deep chest under his black shirt , at his bulging arm muscles .
7 She looked up at the curved glass roof overhead , so high and with pigeons on the inside , fluttering amongst the iron girders , trapped inside .
8 She looked up at the flawless blue sky , dotted with a few drifting white clouds .
9 She looked up at the clear sky .
10 She looked up at the cloudless sky .
11 She looked up at the blank expression on Inspector Black 's face , then continued reading , ‘ It 's another match , the profile is almost identical .
12 She looked over at the long table .
13 She looked out at the lush green wooded hillsides which rose up ahead .
14 Sliding her arm from beneath him , Beth got out of bed and , wrapping her robe about her shivering form , went first to the window , where she looked out at the moonlit night .
15 She looked out at the still-alive party .
16 She looked down at the two pink roses , the green spray of fern .
17 She looked down at the broad flags of the terrace they were crossing .
18 She went over to it , her mouth dry , her pulses racing , and when she looked down at the cherubic child with bright golden hair she had to grip the arms for support .
19 She looked down at the spotless white surface of the table .
20 She looked down at the undersized and ill-clothed child , and was warmed by an ache of loving despair .
21 She nodded , as she looked down at the tiny poodle .
22 She looked down at the front fastenings , then her fingers shook as they fumbled to button the jacket correctly .
23 She looked down at the patterned rugs on the floor and edged in more closely behind Gloria , gripping her skirt .
24 She looked down at the darkened valley and the bright lights of the factory .
25 She looked down at the bold black signature and the printed words below it : ‘ Damian Flint , Chairman . ’
26 She looked down at the white plastic loop that now bound her wrist to the brass rail on the table .
27 She looked down at the steaming plate .
28 She looked down at the diminutive Time Lord , her eyes full of quiet sympathy .
29 She looked back at the comatose Thomas and smiled .
30 Now , as the throbbing drone of the aircraft 's engines broke through her dark memories , and she wearily attempted to make herself more comfortable in her seat , Laura almost groaned aloud when she looked back at the total innocence and naïveté of her much younger self .
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