Example sentences of "[vb past] and look [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The night was cold and black but when he stopped and looked up between the black overhanging gables of the houses , he was pleased to see the clouds beginning to break up . |
| 2 | He stopped and looked up at the tangle of gaunt branches above him . |
| 3 | When she got to the large graph that shows the state of the church-roof appeal , she stopped and looked down at the waiting crowds as if she was a victorious politician looking down on her compliant voters . |
| 4 | Where the lawn ended she stopped and looked out across the bay , scanning the water for any sign of life . |
| 5 | Edward stopped and looked out across the open sea . |
| 6 | Maud went rushing off down the corridor , but Mildred stopped and looked out of the window to see if there was any evidence of fire . |
| 7 | After a while he stopped and looked out of the window remembering what Canaris had said about Hitler . |
| 8 | Sophie agreed and looked out of the window . |
| 9 | Carefully , he straightened and looked out through the fluted glass in the upper part of the door . |
| 10 | She frowned and looked out of the window . |
| 11 | When they had gone , Peskova turned and looked up at the house again . |
| 12 | He turned and looked up into the scaly horse face above him . |
| 13 | He turned and looked back at the half-covered clinic , at the low exposed walls of the animal house . |
| 14 | Corbett turned and looked back down the moonlit path . |
| 15 | He turned and looked back into the room and towards what she dimly made out to be a number of people . |
| 16 | When he reached the end of the street , Scott turned and looked back towards the house . |
| 17 | She turned and looked down at the handbag , clutched tightly in her hand , and flung it far across the room . |
| 18 | They both turned and looked out across the fresh greenery sparkling in the April sunlight towards the solitary plume of blue smoke . |
| 19 | Thomas turned and looked out of the window . |
| 20 | I turned and looked out of the window again . |
| 21 | The apothecary turned and looked out of the window . |
| 22 | I turned and looked out over the slanted , foreshortened wedge of streets and stocky tenements , and for once the strain in my ears found the appropriate line , the right score . |
| 23 | He sighed and looked out of the window . |
| 24 | She swallowed and looked down at the duvet , twisting its striped design unhappily between her fingers . |
| 25 | It was easy to do , as she shivered and looked out of the window at the thick snow that reflected the street lights upwards . |
| 26 | Endill hesitated and looked down at the sea crashing against the rocks . |
| 27 | Sister Cooney smiled and looked up at the board in front of her as the bell rang . |
| 28 | She paused and looked up at the small gentle fields for the placid yellow outline of the Jersey cow . |
| 29 | She coughed and looked down at the floor . |
| 30 | Suddenly they froze and looked up at the sky . |