Example sentences of "[pron] looked [adv] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each time I looked away from the road , the wheelbarrow fell over . |
| 2 | I looked away from the sea , behind the sliver of beach , where the hills first rose steeply , then flattened out . |
| 3 | I knew his name , and murmured it as I looked on from the supply hut , with my schnapps and my toilet paper : ‘ Uncle Pepi ’ . |
| 4 | I looked up from the desk where I was writing in the day book . |
| 5 | ‘ I looked out from the window from where the man had fallen and what I saw was unbelievable , ’ he said . |
| 6 | The festivities started with a parade through the town led by the Houlton Silver Band and as I looked down from the windows of our bed-sitter I could see them all gathering in the street below . |
| 7 | They were my early-warning system and deterrent rolled into one ; infected , potent things which looked out from the island , warding off . |
| 8 | She looked up from the tray she was laying — silver teapot and best china and thin bread and butter — and said , ‘ What 's up with you , Miss Down-In-The-Mouth ? |
| 9 | She looked up from the ID card , then handed it across . |
| 10 | Around nine o'clock on what was now her third night at the Lodge she looked up from the page and saw a face at the dark window staring in at her through the rain . |
| 11 | She looked up from the minutes she was collating . |
| 12 | She looked away from the blaze . |
| 13 | As though the heat of the liquid burning her lips reminded her where she was , she looked away from the cat 's cradle and made her eyes focus on her guest . |
| 14 | She looked away from the tramp in her drawing-room to Jim in his Italian shirt and black doeskin trousers . |
| 15 | And then , when she looked out from the window of her room in the Palings Hotel , there he was , a star performer modest amid the crowd , the Great Zeno , walking past with his twin , Luke Mallen . |
| 16 | As she looked down from the stand , the horses for the third race , a handicap over six furlongs , were filing out on to the racecourse . |
| 17 | They looked down from the bridge and saw the arms washed upwards , the plague swellings plainly visible . |
| 18 | He looked away from the Bowl for a few seconds to snap : ‘ Go away . ’ |
| 19 | Again he looked up from the paper and smiled conciliatingly at his audience . |
| 20 | He looked up from the photograph , totally unruffled . |
| 21 | He looked up from the document he was reading and his eyes lingered on her body before he sat back and raised his eyebrows quizzically , waiting for her to speak . |
| 22 | He looked up from the desk , caught her at a moment when , against her will , tears had filled her eyes . |
| 23 | As I was pulling the institutional door of his office shut behind me he looked up from the reading matter he had taken up again and said , ‘ And Ian — ’ |
| 24 | He looked up from the puddle of sepia . |
| 25 | He looked up from the cake at Mama . |
| 26 | He looked up from the board , realising his concentration had been broken . |
| 27 | He looked up from the list he was making . |
| 28 | He looked up from the newspaper and looked coldly at them . |
| 29 | He looked up from the menu he was studying and smiled suddenly . |
| 30 | He looked up from the scroll , thoughtful and faintly frowning : ‘ You know what the Lord Owen writes to me ? ’ |