Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] looked [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped and looked at the garden ; inside the square was a circle of flower beds . |
| 2 | She stopped and looked at the other three who were scrutinising her in amused silence . |
| 3 | I stopped and looked at the big house . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She stopped and looked to the side , and when she did n't continue , he said , ‘ He 's tried to commit suicide ? ’ |
| 6 | But once inside the consulting room she stopped and looked towards the desk behind which was sitting a strange man , a young man . |
| 7 | A neighbour of ours heard me shouting , came and looked over the fence , and cleared off ! |
| 8 | Monica asked and looked at the wall map of the continent . |
| 9 | ‘ Well ’ — he turned and looked towards the window — ‘ I noticed as I passed that you had a box of Havana cigars , the … the Excepcionales . |
| 10 | Aggie turned and looked towards the window and she repeated , ‘ Garden ? |
| 11 | She turned and looked towards the house door . |
| 12 | She turned and looked towards the child , who was sitting hugging a doll . |
| 13 | He turned and looked at the display of cakes on the long table . |
| 14 | She paused a moment , turned and looked at the line of narrow drawers , read the label , then weighed out two ounces of loose tobacco . |
| 15 | 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 ? ’ |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Artemis turned and looked at the owner of the voice , a beautiful woman in a blue dress , with bobbed blonde hair . |
| 19 | I turned and looked at the subtly tarted , much breathed-upon 300 sitting at the kerb , then made a show of sizing up Yvonne . |
| 20 | Nicholson turned and looked at the other man contemptuously . |
| 21 | He turned and looked at the slender woman cowering in her chair . |
| 22 | She turned and looked at the distant figure of Dorcas and her eyes narrowed . |
| 23 | I turned and looked at the man 's tear-stained face . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , we landed at Newcastle airport ’ — Charlie turned and looked at the men — ‘ at three o'clock ? ’ |
| 25 | After resetting the rearview mirror , he turned and looked through the back window toward the entrance to the compound . |
| 26 | Joe turned and looked into the kindly face as he said , ‘ I really have n't any family , Len . |
| 27 | A little thrill of anticipation ran along her skin as she turned and looked into the eyes of the man who 'd watched her with such intensity during the fashion show . |
| 28 | Defries turned and looked in the other direction . |
| 29 | Charity turned and looked in the faintly wavering glass behind their bedroom door . |
| 30 | I went and looked through the gap in the curtains . |