Example sentences of "[vb past] to look [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alexei seemed to look down at the folder in his hand . |
| 2 | The final example is perhaps an unexpected mathematical experience as there is no discussion of the tower itself but rather the child has been carried to the top of the high tower in his imagination and asked to look down at the people below . |
| 3 | The leaves on the thorn trees were almost open , and when we turned to look back at the distance we 'd climbed , there were clusters of vivid green that trailed down the hillside and encompassed the village like waterweed . |
| 4 | All turned to look back at the door as the footsteps approached on the flagstones . |
| 5 | He covered seventy yards to gain the partial cover of the shrubbery , flung himself amongst the undergrowth , and turned to look back at the chateau . |
| 6 | They turned to look back at the emptiness they had crossed . |
| 7 | Involuntarily Wycliffe turned to look back at the house on stilts , but it was hidden by a bulge in the slope of the hill … |