Example sentences of "he looked [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 One of the medics attending him looked up at me .
2 He looked round for Catherine and found she had vanished .
3 Come and tell me about this morning , ’ He looked round for Catherine to discover that with admirable good sense she had asked for the facilities of the house , and was being issued with soap and hand-towels by Miss Williams .
4 He looked round for his wire-cutters .
5 He looked round for inspiration .
6 After high school in Greece , to which the family returned when Mendoros was in his teens , he looked round for the best place to pursue his obsession — which is what brought him to Perth .
7 He looked round for Huw Pritchard , but could n't find him .
8 He looked round for a weapon to fight with , but Fagin already had a heavy metal pot in his hand .
9 He looked round for the phone , found it and took it to the woman , laying it in her lap .
10 He looked round for the instrument and saw it on top of one of the presses .
11 He looked round for a stick or prop which he could use to dislodge Yussuf .
12 He looked round to her and tried to smile .
13 He looked round at the class .
14 Silently he looked round at the tumbledown hut amid the zooming bees .
15 He looked round at his companions , and then at Nicholas .
16 He looked round at Tina , and then at Ho .
17 But when he looked round at her he smiled as at a companion-general in a war .
18 He looked round at Bodie .
19 I came down when she called me and found him standing in the living-room with a look of distaste on his face as he looked round at the overflowing ash trays , the dirty grate , the pile of chair cushions tumbled in the middle of the floor .
20 He looked round at her .
21 He looked round at the other rabbits , who were all staring either at Bigwig or at himself .
22 Then he looked round at the roses climbing the old red walls , the pink and white flowers on the fruit trees , and the birds and the butterflies everywhere .
23 He looked round at all the crying children .
24 He looked round at her , standing beside him in the corridor bar looking out at the stupid countryside .
25 He looked round at the other diners .
26 He tried very hard not to cough like he 'd seen people cough in westerns when they tried whisky for the first time , and got away with just clearing his throat rather loudly ( he looked round at the curtains , afraid somebody might have heard ) .
27 He lifted his head , his face grey with outrage , and firmly closed the book before he looked round at all the carefully respectful countenances ringing him round like the pales of a fence , a barrier through which he found the only dignified way , at someone else 's expense .
28 He looked round at Tess , seated at the table .
29 His assembled staff stared stonily back , as he looked round at them , apparently calling for some kind of congratulations .
30 He looked round at the rest of them .
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