Example sentences of "[subord] she looked [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sliding her arm from beneath him , Beth got out of bed and , wrapping her robe about her shivering form , went first to the window , where she looked out at the moonlit night . |
| 2 | She nodded , and he sat looking at her until she looked back at him . |
| 3 | I asked her whether high buildings bothered her and she said she would feel fear if she looked up at them . |
| 4 | But she had known that , while she looked back in wonder across a million years , his mind on the minute scrape of putty from the heel of the suspect 's shoe , the trace which might prove a man was a rapist or a murderer . |
| 5 | Ratagan relieved her of one of them whilst she looked on with an eyebrow arched . |
| 6 | When she looked up at him the year just passed faded away like an unpleasant dream . |
| 7 | When she looked up at him and smiled , he could see that the dangerous edge of last night 's exhaustion had been blunted . |
| 8 | But when she looked up at the sky she discovered that the star had gone . |
| 9 | When she looked up at me there was a kind of glazed defiance in her eyes . |
| 10 | With a growl of fury he tightened his hold on her and , when she looked up at him with wildly angry eyes , he bent his head and crushed her lips with his own . |
| 11 | She was still shivering with indignation , but when she looked up at her grandmother , it was to see her shivering too , but with suppressed laughter . |
| 12 | But when she looked up at him astonished and unguarded in her pleasure his heart swelled , and he was glad he 'd spoken . |
| 13 | It was laughable , really , but when she looked back on her nervous apprehension regarding his overwhelming sexual magnetism she almost felt like weeping with frustration . |
| 14 | When she looked back at the road , the red saloon was coming towards her . |
| 15 | When she looked back at Mick she allowed her gaze to rest on him for some seconds before she answered , ‘ Of course I know who it is . |
| 16 | When she looked back at Petion , she saw that he was watching her with a sympathetic expression . |
| 17 | But when she looked back at him he saw the hatred in her eyes and knew he had been right . |
| 18 | When she looked back at the window there was the face again ; but it was attempting now to smile . |
| 19 | Now , as the throbbing drone of the aircraft 's engines broke through her dark memories , and she wearily attempted to make herself more comfortable in her seat , Laura almost groaned aloud when she looked back at the total innocence and naïveté of her much younger self . |
| 20 | When she looked back towards the house , Carla 's face was at the window , peering out like a sailor 's wife watching for masts at the quayside . |
| 21 | She did not feel afraid , but when she looked down at her hands she saw that they were shaking . |
| 22 | She went over to it , her mouth dry , her pulses racing , and when she looked down at the cherubic child with bright golden hair she had to grip the arms for support . |
| 23 | When she looked down into the channel with Gazzer and saw Simon , water swilling round his waist , she could hardly believe that she was responsible . |
| 24 | ANNE Garwood was horrified when she looked out of the window and saw her husband taking in the milk . |
| 25 | Now , when she looked out into the Estuary , she saw not seals , or castles , or knights in armour but Mr Bishop 's body , rolling in on the tide . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Suddenly a low , mocking laugh rang out in the corridor , and she jumped as though she 'd been shot , her heart racing as she looked round into scornful green eyes . |
| 28 | Thunder shook the catamaran as she looked up at him , rain almost blinding her . |
| 29 | Now as she looked up at Bob Collins , the smile left her face . |
| 30 | ‘ Anyway , ’ Eva whispered , sitting beside Dad now and cradling his drowsy head as she looked up at me . |