Example sentences of "[conj] look [adv prt] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the fire-comer stood a black-and-white goat , with knobby little horns and eyes like yellow glass , and on the hearth lay a very large cat , a multi-coloured , mazy-patterned brindled cat , that looked up at the little tailor with eyes like cold green jewels , with black slits for pupils . |
| 2 | I was on my third cup of coffee and looking around at the other coolies when I saw a familiar blue overcoat coming through the door from the street . |
| 3 | Now I find I 'm getting " inspired top-off-the-brain " signals and ideas while travelling in an aeroplane — at the window and looking out at the snowy cotton-wool cloud land ( no artificial stimulants ! ) . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm glad for you , ’ Jenna snapped , standing and looking down at the angry face . |
| 5 | I lie on my back and look up at the eternal sweep of marble skies . |
| 6 | I drink my whisky and look out at the inky loch . |
| 7 | And look down at the lumpy , single bed . |
| 8 | She paused outside the villa , and looked round at the dark hills against the starry sky . |
| 9 | Cissy Salt , her baby face hard and cold as a coin , stood back from the couch and looked round at the trembling tearful group . |
| 10 | Berdichev huffed impatiently and looked up at the overhead camera . |
| 11 | Cranston stepped back and looked up at the lead-paned windows . |
| 12 | She paused and looked up at the small gentle fields for the placid yellow outline of the Jersey cow . |
| 13 | He stretched , cracking muscles , and looked up at the small window above the high altar , pleased to see it would be a fair day . |
| 14 | She lay on the grass , beside him , and looked up at the blue sky . |
| 15 | However , ’ he stamped his feet and looked up at the darkened mass of the church , ‘ no one , not even in Southwark , can be that degenerate . |
| 16 | He began to tremble as he stepped through the door and looked up at the dim stairway which climbed steeply out of the bare and musty hall . |
| 17 | She paused at the bottom of the wide stone staircase and looked up at the heavy doors of the church which had been drawn back and allowed a partial view of the dark interior of the building . |
| 18 | The coroner stamped his feet and looked up at the star-filled sky . |
| 19 | When he had finished , Bicker strode to the window and looked out at the tumbled clouds of the late day and the gathering darkness of the deserted hills . |
| 20 | And what a month it 's been , ’ mused Breeze , and she made a peep-hole too , and looked out at the sodden fields where leggy lambs were standing in groups , obviously wondering what had become of the lovely sunshine their mothers had told them about . |
| 21 | Tom stood up and looked out at the freshly-weeded graveyard . |
| 22 | Elisabeth knelt on the window-seat and looked out at the ancient trees through the columns of the colonnade . |
| 23 | He walked over to the window and looked out at the falling snow . |
| 24 | " You 've no imagination , " Graham said the other day , as we stood at the window of what was going to be the baby 's room , and looked out at the muddy patch behind our house . |
| 25 | ‘ Hmm , ’ she grumbled , then sat back and looked out at the rush-hour traffic crawling into London on the M4 . |
| 26 | She rose and went to the window , still in the half-real state induced by daytime sleeping , and looked out at the darkening world where the yellow glow of a lamp in the yard showed Jem was milking . |
| 27 | He walked up to the pram and looked down at the young child . |
| 28 | Yanto jumped on to a large flat rock , still trying to keep his boots dry , and looked down at the huge mud covered object . |
| 29 | He went to the long table in the centre of the room and looked down at the detailed map spread out across its surface . |
| 30 | He held both her hands in his and looked down at the pale blur of her face . |