Example sentences of "i looked [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Then I looked again at the passenger opposite me .
2 I looked again at the passenger on my left .
3 As they swung past me I looked again at the SPs and my hear gave a thud .
4 I looked helplessly at the doctor .
5 I looked sadly at the sea , but stayed in my box , and after a while I fell asleep .
6 Then I looked closer at the clock .
7 I looked round at the faces .
8 I looked round at the picture of Bruce Lee , the travel poster of Malaysia my dad gave me , my certificate of merit for Grade Two Saxophone , my 320 computer discs , my colour picture of an iguana and the tattered remains of a portable snooker table we got when I was twelve .
9 I looked round at the class , my finger hovering above the tape-recorder .
10 Before leaving I looked around at the disorder wondering what was so important that somebody would go to so much trouble to look for it .
11 I looked around at the place ; I had been here before but it had never looked so huge .
12 I looked up at the building .
13 I looked up at the nurse , surprised by my name on a stranger 's lips .
14 I looked up at the sun .
15 I looked up at the sky and saw that the clouds were one dark , lurid , compact mass .
16 I looked up at the sky and made a fist with the other hand , beating it into the ground .
17 I looked up at the clock .
18 As I thought these things , I looked up at the window .
19 I looked up at the mountain .
20 I looked up at the jumble of rooftops with their abundance of chimney-pots , the florid iron bal-conies at the dormer windows .
21 We paralleled Crow Road for a bit , and stopped , waiting for signals , outside Jordanhill station ; I looked up at the rear of the flats which fronted Crow Road , trying to work out which was Janice Rae 's .
22 I looked up at the bedroom window as I closed the door behind me .
23 After the excitement died down , and I was being congratulated by my wee brother and the others , I looked up at the Edelmans ' window .
24 Next morning I looked in at the forge before leaving , and said goodbye to Joe , who was already hard at work .
25 On the train I looked furtively at the lock on the carriage door and watched the railway embankment carefully as if assessing the effect of falling out onto it at speed .
26 But none of this disturbed my mind or my body as I looked across at the girl in the coffee bar .
27 I looked hard at the photograph .
28 ‘ I kept thinking today how lucky I was , you see , how blessedly fortunate , with all I have , all that is so comfortable , all that makes me so — so much happier than I was , and then this evening I went to the Rectory and when I returned I was in my room and I looked out at the darkness and I thought of you and how lonely you must be after all the company and society you have known just recently and I thought — I thought — ’
29 I looked out at the school .
30 I looked out at the rain , and the grey sea and rocks between the trees .
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