Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] looked at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agrippa stopped and looked at a lonely bird shrieking above us as if it was a devil let loose to wander this lonely wilderness . |
| 2 | She stopped and looked at the garden ; inside the square was a circle of flower beds . |
| 3 | She stopped and looked at the other three who were scrutinising her in amused silence . |
| 4 | I stopped and looked at the big house . |
| 5 | It was a very nice day out actually , and everything from serious riders who just went up and down and the most energetic one did a hundred miles , to families who treated it , took a picnic and stopped and looked at the badger tunnels . |
| 6 | Monica asked and looked at the wall map of the continent . |
| 7 | He turned and looked at the display of cakes on the long table . |
| 8 | She paused a moment , turned and looked at the line of narrow drawers , read the label , then weighed out two ounces of loose tobacco . |
| 9 | The woman turned and looked at the speaker , and there was scorn in her expression , but she said nothing until she turned on Agnes again and said , ‘ How bad is he , lass ? ’ |
| 10 | The child stared towards it as if in recognition of something held in memory ; then she turned and looked at the old woman , who was sitting on the couch unlacing her boots , and she said , ‘ You have a garden . ’ |
| 11 | It was so seldom that Aggie heard herself addressed by her surname that she turned and looked at the nun , but the woman 's eyelids were lowered as if in shame ; then she inclined her head towards the woman sitting behind the desk before turning and closing the door quietly behind her . |
| 12 | Artemis turned and looked at the owner of the voice , a beautiful woman in a blue dress , with bobbed blonde hair . |
| 13 | I turned and looked at the subtly tarted , much breathed-upon 300 sitting at the kerb , then made a show of sizing up Yvonne . |
| 14 | Nicholson turned and looked at the other man contemptuously . |
| 15 | He turned and looked at the slender woman cowering in her chair . |
| 16 | She turned and looked at the distant figure of Dorcas and her eyes narrowed . |
| 17 | I turned and looked at the man 's tear-stained face . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , we landed at Newcastle airport ’ — Charlie turned and looked at the men — ‘ at three o'clock ? ’ |
| 19 | nodded but looked at an apple tree over the hedge . |
| 20 | She looked and looked at the place where the fire had been , searching for the future , but could only see ashes . |
| 21 | None of the family spoke or looked at the others . |
| 22 | The leader hesitated and looked at the bandmaster , who said that they 'd like to but after they 'd played a request for us . |
| 23 | Monks hesitated and looked at the old man , but Mr Brownlow 's expression was so serious and determined that the younger man realized it was pointless to protest . |
| 24 | At last , she paused and looked at the assembled staff . |
| 25 | He 's wonderful ! ’ she said and looked at the counsellor like someone confessing to her girlfriend that she has fallen in love . |
| 26 | When a few minutes later , amid the oohs and aahs from the three women , she stood and looked at the person staring back at her from the long mirror , she could n't believe it was herself . |
| 27 | Beuno stood and looked at the blaze he had made . |
| 28 | He stood and looked at the piano . |
| 29 | I still remember the feeling of hopelessness as I sat and looked at a board covered with arrows and lines , the words ‘ tacking ’ , ‘ rigging ’ , ‘ wind direction ’ and ‘ points of sailing ’ floating around in my head . |
| 30 | In dark glasses , white dress , gold chain , she sat and looked at the sky . |