Example sentences of "[conj] looked at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of the family spoke or looked at the others . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He turned and looked at the display of cakes on the long table . |
| 4 | Startled faces turned as they sang , then turned back and looked at the pulpit . |
| 5 | He followed her , but stopped in the living room doorway and looked at the room . |
| 6 | She stopped and looked at the garden ; inside the square was a circle of flower beds . |
| 7 | She went indoors to her room , lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling until a nurse brought lunch . |
| 8 | All I remember thinking of as I pushed the trolley and looked at the red face and eyebrows was , My friend , you are about to take the longest journey a man ever takes in this life . |
| 9 | Frau Nordern blew out a voluptuous stream of smoke and looked at the man who suddenly became extremely interested in his herring Bismarck . |
| 10 | Richard sat on the side of the bed and looked at the floor . |
| 11 | He listened — at first with a curious air of detachment , as if he was an observer from another civilisation , or someone whose own experience had come to an end , someone who was waiting to embark on a journey and looked at the world with vacant eyes , his mind already in transit . |
| 12 | Gradually we re-evaluated ourselves as women and looked at the way we had always put ourselves down . |
| 13 | Philip came away from the door and looked at the paper too . |
| 14 | I felt at the torn threads in my blouse and looked at the grazed skin underneath and shuddered , but I was all right and so was the tree . |
| 15 | Refreshed , I went up on deck and looked at the waves . |
| 16 | She put them under her raincoat in the basket and looked at the receipt the chemist had handed her from the till ; there was no evidence that she had paid for these items . |
| 17 | She tipped her head up and looked at the sky , biting her lip . |
| 18 | Laying my pack of cigarettes on the table , I lay back on the bed and looked at the ceiling . |
| 19 | They stopped beside Mrs McAllister 's resting-place and looked at the ground in silence . |
| 20 | The visitor sipped his coffee and looked at the impish old man with his goatee beard . |
| 21 | In common with some of my colleagues , I scanned the introduction and looked at the pictures and summary of the article Principle component analysis ( PCA ) ( Chem . |
| 22 | Mike pushed the papers back across the desk and looked at the Old Man , who raised his eyebrows questioningly . |
| 23 | He whirled in his chair and looked at the audience . |
| 24 | He rolled over , and spread his loosened limbs in the bed , he opened windows , he went to the Tate Gallery alone and looked at the dissolving blue and gold air of Turner 's Norham Castle . |
| 25 | And each of them smiled , publicly and privately , and looked at the rest , and thought what fools they were . |
| 26 | Wanting very much to hear ( because he was sure that this was a lover calling , from the voice ) , the man used the boxing match as an excuse , and he came and stood in the kitchen doorway with a wet plate and the cloth in his hands , and looked at the television . |
| 27 | Then , as would often be the case when the wind permitted , I opened the flaps and looked at the stars . |
| 28 | She paused a moment , turned and looked at the line of narrow drawers , read the label , then weighed out two ounces of loose tobacco . |
| 29 | When a few minutes later , amid the oohs and aahs from the three women , she stood and looked at the person staring back at her from the long mirror , she could n't believe it was herself . |
| 30 | So she sat down again and looked at the clock and she could n't believe what she was seeing : fifteen minutes past ten ! |