Example sentences of "[noun] looked [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cunningham looked up from his desk with a frown of irritation . |
| 2 | Chant looked round at his employer , and in faintly admonishing tones said : |
| 3 | Hennessy looked up from replacing his pen in his jacket pocket , and called out a warning . |
| 4 | Hennessy looked down at the slip of paper that he was being offered . |
| 5 | Now in his eightieth year , Thesiger looked back on a life travelling in the Sudan , Arabia , Afghanistan , Morocco , East Africa and ‘ Eth … |
| 6 | A tall man in the police boat looked up , saw Mahmoud and waved excitedly . |
| 7 | A picture of Nicolae Ceauşescu looked down over these proceedings , which were graced by the presence of the Nobel Prize winner Dorothy Hodgkin , Mrs Thatcher 's former chemistry tutor at Oxford ( though she had no sympathy for ‘ that woman ’ ) who had contributed an introduction to an English translation of one of Elena 's works . |
| 8 | Ruthven looked up at the birds wheeling and twisting against the blue sky . |
| 9 | Tristram looked up . |
| 10 | Last night , as amazed East Berliners looked on , East German soldiers and building workers began knocking down sections of the Wall . |
| 11 | The combined P7s of two Belfast primary schools looked on , their faces agog with the possibility of writing a symphony before extra time . |
| 12 | Then David looked up and , as though the desperate misery in his eyes had called out to her , Julia went and knelt on the hard , icy floor at his feet , reaching up with both hands . |
| 13 | David looked up then and Julia nodded her head in the direction of the drawing room , meaning ( as she knew David would understand ) that she wondered whether she should leave them alone . |
| 14 | David looked down at her as she lay against the white pillows , pale and thinner than ever , and thought how much easier it would be to keep himself in check if her husband treated her with the gentleness she deserved . |
| 15 | Toby looked down and grimaced . |
| 16 | A ladder was lowered , and Mrs Prynn looked down . |
| 17 | The lawyer looked out the window . |
| 18 | Delighted shoppers looked on as the dancers weaved their way past Darlington Dolphin Centre . |
| 19 | Dot looked down and saw only the tussocky grass and a flat square stone . |
| 20 | Ajayi looked up at the door to the winding-stair expecting to see an attendant , but the voice had come from behind her , and she could see Quiss 's face starting to turn red , his eyes widening , the lines around them spreading out further . |
| 21 | Marie looked back at Simon . |
| 22 | Marie looked down at Simon . |
| 23 | The superintendent looked up at the SOCO , posing the question like a doctor checking the symptoms of a sickly patient . |
| 24 | Corbett looked around : near the foot of the grille was a tub packed with juicy red chunks of meat . |
| 25 | Corbett looked around . |
| 26 | Corbett looked around . |
| 27 | Corbett looked around . |
| 28 | Corbett looked over his shoulder . |
| 29 | Corbett looked up and tried to rise , the skulls in the cross-beam of the house opened their mouths and bellowed with laughter . |
| 30 | Corbett looked up . |