Example sentences of "and [vb past] to look [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The final example is perhaps an unexpected mathematical experience as there is no discussion of the tower itself but rather the child has been carried to the top of the high tower in his imagination and asked to look down at the people below .
2 Fei Yen reined in her horse and turned to look back down the steep slope beneath the beacon .
3 He covered seventy yards to gain the partial cover of the shrubbery , flung himself amongst the undergrowth , and turned to look back at the chateau .
4 They talked for a while longer before Coffin put down the receiver and returned to look out of the window .
5 She pushed it off , rose and went to look out of the window to see what the weather was like .
6 She stopped and went to look out of the window .
7 ‘ That 's fine , ’ Alison said , and crossed to look out of the windows .
8 Shelley opened the door of the white-painted villa , and paused to look back across the vista of other villas and apartments , arranged like a real village around little shops , cafés and swimming-pools .
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