Example sentences of "[conj] looking [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | And because nothing ever seems healthier or more warming than looking back at something we have just done and realising , ‘ Mmmm . |
| 2 | ‘ A case for galoshes , ’ remarked the Substitute , tossing a cigar end out of the jeep and looking around at the steam rising slowly from the wet earth . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As he was moving away , he paused , and looking round at us with a smile on his face , he said , ‘ Oh yes , and a direct hit on the newly-dug shithouse … shit everywhere ! ’ |
| 5 | But lying there beside her , listening to the susurration of the tide and looking up at the sky through a haze of grasses he was filled , not with post-coital sadness , but with an agreeable languor as if the long-committed Sunday afternoon still stretched ahead of them . |
| 6 | ‘ So I 've heard , ’ answered George , rolling onto his back and looking up at the sky , while he chewed a stalk of grass . |
| 7 | And I 'd stand there , easing my aching back , and looking up at the stars . |
| 8 | ‘ I wonder where Barbs is ? ’ said Tim , stopping and looking up at the bedroom windows . |
| 9 | The house looked the same , Sara thought , standing for a moment outside the gate and looking up at it . |
| 10 | ‘ I cared about us making love , ’ he said , raking both hands back through his thick dark hair and looking up at her . |
| 11 | The Doctor turned to where Alex Bannen was crouching and looking over at them . |
| 12 | When people came to the doors they stood on the step talking and looking over at our side of the street . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ! ) . |
| 15 | He had a picture of her sitting permanently on the edge of a table at Dubal 's swinging one leg and looking out at him from the group she was with . |
| 16 | No other words were needed and he stood , walking to the window and looking out at the courtyard that was bathed in sunlight . |
| 17 | I remember standing at the back of The Lyceum and looking down at the crowd . |
| 18 | Then he was beside her , and looking down at her , and Isobel for a second was taken aback . |
| 19 | Suddenly he was there , taking off his top hat and looking down at her . ’ |
| 20 | This seems an effort to fit a cult-statue into a building with a sacrificial pit ; and though it was in profile that one saw these statues as one came in or went out , if one looked up as one passed under the beam which hid them , one saw them again , carved in very low relief on its underside , standing frontal and looking down at one : altogether an astonishing conception . |
| 21 | ‘ I do , ’ Rory said , biting his lip and looking down at his glass . |
| 22 | Jannie leaned against the edge of the dresser , smoking and looking down at Bob . |
| 23 | ‘ She will not be upset because you will finish your small storm of weeping here and be composed before she sees you , ’ he ordered , tilting her wet face and looking down at her . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm glad for you , ’ Jenna snapped , standing and looking down at the angry face . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll decide about that , Mr Clarke , ’ Jenna said grimly , standing and looking down at him until he got hastily to his feet . |
| 26 | ‘ I am ready , ’ he announced , pulling himself to the edge of the pool and looking down at her with no expression on his face to give her any clue about his attitude . |
| 27 | The woman turned round and saw that the red crow was perched on the balustrade , flapping its wings like a man trying to keep warm and looking in at them , its head cocked to one side . |
| 28 | I tried to banish the idea of a drowned Shelley by conjuring up the memory of Mary stepping into Lake Geneva and looking back at me over her shoulder ; instead came a more ferocious image — that of a gigantic man leaping towards me : not the best picture to help one through these present circumstances . |
| 29 | But looking up at Ilbrec she saw such a heartbroken sorrow that without a word she let him stoop and take Fand from her . |
| 30 | But looking down at the words now , it did not appear so simple . |