Example sentences of "[coord] looked [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know the man who stepped out and looked straight at the door which the old buffer porter had managed to close . |
| 2 | Carrie leaned on the table and looked closely at the middle-aged man sitting facing her . |
| 3 | When the coffee was done , he turned towards Oliver and looked closely at the boy . |
| 4 | Cadfael kneeled behind the dead man 's shoulders , and looked closely at the indented wound , in which white points of bone showed in the centre of the encrusted blood . |
| 5 | Mr Crumwallis jumped , and looked nervously at the instrument . |
| 6 | He abandoned this line of observation and looked carefully at the man inside the suit . |
| 7 | The Trunchbull flicked her head round and looked carefully at the small girl with dark hair and deep brown eyes sitting in the second row . |
| 8 | Miss Honey paused and looked carefully at the child . |
| 9 | When Sara awoke and looked outside at the deep cloudless blue sky , she guessed that her hostess was also scanning it with equal pleasure . |
| 10 | They re-climbed the steps to the granite flags and there Karl turned and looked again at the statue , his face still sunken and sour . |
| 11 | McAllister finished the right front of the coatee , as Matey called it , cast off , and looked again at the half-grandfather clock with a sigh . |
| 12 | Jeanne remained silent , and looked fixedly at the floor . |
| 13 | He shrugged his shoulders and looked dumbly at the grain on the wooden table . |
| 14 | Now he sat up in bed and looked eagerly at the different handwritings . |
| 15 | James 's eyes filled suddenly with tears , he wiped it them and looked disbelievingly at the wet on his fingers . |
| 16 | She sat up , flicked on her torch and looked thoughtfully at the cabin window . |
| 17 | He held up his forefinger and looked questioningly at the District Chief . |
| 18 | He put a large mug of steaming black coffee in front of Connon and looked enquiringly at the stuff which littered the table . |
| 19 | The feathers of her hat were again sitting in the dregs of Maxie 's coffee , so she hastily retrieved it and looked mournfully at the damaged plumage . |
| 20 | The Protestant reformers wanted to return as far as possible to the spirit of primitive Christianity and looked askance at the mystical tradition which seemed to have no warrant in Scripture . |
| 21 | She lifted the hem of her nightie and looked determinedly at the scar on her thigh . |
| 22 | Two of the girls were terrified and looked pleadingly at the third ; so Roksanda gathered up the precious stones . |
| 23 | She switched on the bedside lamp and looked dazedly at the clock . |
| 24 | policeman and looked sideways at the Russian troops . |
| 25 | The monk licked his lips and looked sideways at the Bishop . |
| 26 | At last she set down her cup and looked pointedly at the clock on the kitchen wall . |
| 27 | Lambert opened his eyes and looked bleakly at the map . |
| 28 | She definitely could n't , though she thanked him and looked longingly at the boat . |
| 29 | Well before noon , beside a small church whose roof sagged under clumps of grass and willow-herb , they came to the bridge over to Grandtully and looked across at the dense little settlement , lumpish houses made of undressed river boulders with brown smoke streaming through their heather thatch , hovels of branches littered through the trees , a few solid cottages with level roof-trees . |
| 30 | He set his glass down on the table and looked across at the bar . |