Example sentences of "looking [prep] one [prep] " in BNC.

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2 To look out on the night sky with modern eyes is like looking about one in a trackless forest — trees forever and no horizon .
3 Taking in every inch of their bodies , she said , looking from one to the other , she said , in her famously well-timed drawl , That 's just how I want you .
4 She came in and bolted the door , then stood with her back to it , looking from one to the other .
5 I 've never seen anything like it before , ’ and she was looking from one to the other , wondering which one it was meant to fit , when Miss Rene startled her by saying , ‘ Well , get your coat and things off and try it on . ’
6 And , looking from one to the other , she now said , ‘ Goodnight , fellows , and a happy Christmas . ’
7 When at last they came to the lower end of Spring Street , Agnes stopped and , looking from one to the other , she said , ‘ This is where I live ; I 'll be all right now .
8 Peg O'Malley commanded sharply , looking from one to the other .
9 Looking from one to the other of them .
10 Yet looking from one to the other , he now realised where the similarity lay : it was in the eyes .
11 She hesitated , looking from one to the other of their expectant faces , and there was quite a distinct change in her voice as she repeated in Italian :
12 She was watching them over the rim of the glass , looking from one to the other of their faces , trying to follow their too rapid talk .
13 Ben , too , joined in , and Millie , looking from one to the other , smiled widely at them .
14 PEG : ( looking from one to the other .
15 ‘ System ? ’ demanded Howard , looking from one to the other , not understanding any of this .
16 Ward was looking from one to the other .
17 Looking from one to the other , she asked slowly , ‘ You followed me from the ferry ? ’
18 Looking from one to the other , not exactly suspicious , but certainly puzzled , he glanced at the package .
19 Peggy 's voice sounded quiet , even gentle as , looking from one to the other , she said , ‘ I 've been an idiot , have n't I ?
20 Lucy queried curiously , looking from one to another .
21 ‘ But if he 'd known of this outrage , ’ said Philip , looking from one to the other of them with searching eyes , ‘ the boy would have told me in Isambard 's presence .
22 I think that this is best explained , not by looking at lots of particular theories , but by looking at one as an example of how the basic problem — how cumulative selection got its start — might be solved .
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