Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] looked " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the sixteen months between Britain 's application and its rejection by de Gaulle , a body of opinion was created in Whitehall and amongst the electorate that looked forward to Britain becoming more closely linked to Europe for a variety of reasons ; one of which was to reduce America 's dominance in the West 's military affairs . |
| 2 | There the Shah worked in a large salon that looked out through tall windows on to the city below . |
| 3 | They achieved this by combining two different methods : a longitudinal study , following the same children for four years from before they were able in read until they had been at school for two or three years ; and a training programme that looked at the effect of giving pre-school children specific training in categorising sounds . |
| 4 | The bomber that looked as if it was always flying downhill is the subject of this account of 4 Group 's operations during 1939 and 1940 . |
| 5 | They drove up the short drive , past a lodge with a roof that looked in need of mending , good grass fields and post-and-rail fencing like broken teeth after years of neglect . |
| 6 | Today I have with me Mrs. Julia Knight and Dr. Michael Eraut , who , together with Tony Becher , have recently completed a study that looked at parental involvement in primary schools . |
| 7 | One of them was a slim pamphlet that looked as if it might be the catalogue . |
| 8 | Her hand hovered above his neck that looked so defenceless . |
| 9 | The fifty nine pound that looked one that looked |
| 10 | The ocean tilted up to meet him , its dark surface studded with points of light that looked like constellations , fallen stars . |
| 11 | His desperate girl , ox-eyed , perhaps twelve years old or perhaps thirty-five , waited outside the Customs Hall for him without leaving even to sleep , watching through the glass and crying softly and putting the damp balls of face tissue into a big plastic handbag that looked ugly and moving against her sari . |
| 12 | We would expect horses to be more comfortable with a horse that looked like itself because it would also be likely to look like its mother . |
| 13 | In desperation he tugged of his wig and looked pleadingly at them . |
| 14 | Angelica took the card and looked at it . |
| 15 | England were soon losing wickets when play began , four going down for 80 ; but then Lamb and Robin Smith , on debut , showed what could be done , and on the Friday morning posted a century partnership and looked good for plenty more . |
| 16 | It had once been the master bedroom and looked out on the woods to the east . |
| 17 | A real fifties style , it was made of very thin ciré and looked almost like a dress , with its circular skirt and stand-up collar . |
| 18 | Carson stepped out on to the terrace and looked over the rail again . |
| 19 | I helped with the animals , collected firewood and looked after those who died . |
| 20 | ‘ Hold on to that bloody cider , ’ Billy yelled Yanto twisted around on his seat and looked at Billy . |
| 21 | He climbed into the back seat and looked towards Annie 's cabin , making little attempt to conceal himself or keep low . |
| 22 | Donna swivelled in her seat and looked across towards the bed . |
| 23 | By then the noise of the avalanche had died away , only the echoes of it reverberating across the valley , and when I shifted into the driving seat and looked back , the road behind us had ceased to exist . |
| 24 | Melissa shifted in her seat and looked down at her hands . |
| 25 | She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals . |
| 26 | He sat the boy on a seat and looked down his throat . |
| 27 | Mr Simons slumped down in his worn seat and looked up at me expectantly . |
| 28 | She sat back in her seat and looked across squarely at the pair of them . |
| 29 | She shifted sideways in the seat and looked at him again . |
| 30 | Helen shook hands with the soldier and looked at him . |