Example sentences of "we looked [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next we looked outside in the field where the barn owner had discovered the other dead owlet , and found two more , both dead . |
| 2 | But when we looked up into the trees , we could see their dreys ; untidy rounded twiggy ‘ nests ’ tucked into forks between branch and trunk . |
| 3 | We looked back at the tournament leaders on the seventeenth . |
| 4 | We looked back at the crumbling house . |
| 5 | Last night we looked back at the history of the MG , which appeared to have died a death when the factory at Abingdon closed in 1981 . |
| 6 | That evening we looked back on the day with our fellow guests whose interests — from birdwatching to archaeology , cave-exploring to gliding — reflected the enormous variety of activities catered for across the region . |
| 7 | That evening we looked back on the day with our fellow guests whose interests — from birdwatching to archaeology , cave-exploring to gliding — reflected the enormous variety of activities catered for across the region . |
| 8 | From the train we looked down over the clutter of the rooftops , things broken , things abandoned , things stored and forgotten : broken water-jugs , wheel-less bicycles , rolls of rush matting . |
| 9 | We looked down over the police barrier at the upside-down Golf below us . |
| 10 | All through my teens it had to be a very rainy Sunday indeed that did not find us perched on the Cow and Calf a crop of murderous rocks resembling neither cows , calves nor any other animal , ' or out at Bolton Abbey , negotiating the stepping-stones across the wide but shallow Wharfe ; or eating our sandwiches on Haworth Moor as we looked down on the Brontes ' parsonage and re-enacted the highlights from Wuthering Heights in our romantic young heads . |
| 11 | I remember thinking of the 121st Psalm as we looked longingly towards the hills — ‘ I will lift up my eyes … ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Once we realised the implications of the Cattle Identification Documents ( CIDS ) necessary to hold the administration of a two-stage payment together we looked hard at a slaughter premium , ’ explained Mr Cowan . |
| 13 | As we looked out of the shattered window and across the field opposite to where the Corporal was pointing , another burst of fire hit the house . |
| 14 | We looked out of the window and saw to our astonishment , a procession of women rounding the street corner . |
| 15 | We looked out over a bare open landscape , its thin grass patched with sandy stretches . |
| 16 | We looked out over the bay to the houses directly opposite . |
| 17 | The day before our return , as we looked out over the battlements , we saw a succession of thick black clouds driving slowly in over the sand flats and camel grass . |
| 18 | We looked across at the mountains and then at ourselves , and a smile split our dusty faces , then burst into a laugh . |
| 19 | And we actually then went down and we looked all over the place and there are quite a number of pallets that in fact are not properly stacked . |