Example sentences of "he looked [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked round for Catherine and found she had vanished . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He looked round for his wire-cutters . |
| 4 | He looked round for inspiration . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He looked round for Huw Pritchard , but could n't find him . |
| 7 | He looked round for a weapon to fight with , but Fagin already had a heavy metal pot in his hand . |
| 8 | He looked round for the phone , found it and took it to the woman , laying it in her lap . |
| 9 | He looked round for the instrument and saw it on top of one of the presses . |
| 10 | He looked round for a stick or prop which he could use to dislodge Yussuf . |
| 11 | He looked round to her and tried to smile . |
| 12 | He looked round at the class . |
| 13 | Silently he looked round at the tumbledown hut amid the zooming bees . |
| 14 | He looked round at his companions , and then at Nicholas . |
| 15 | He looked round at Tina , and then at Ho . |
| 16 | But when he looked round at her he smiled as at a companion-general in a war . |
| 17 | He looked round at Bodie . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He looked round at her . |
| 20 | He looked round at the other rabbits , who were all staring either at Bigwig or at himself . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He looked round at all the crying children . |
| 23 | He looked round at her , standing beside him in the corridor bar looking out at the stupid countryside . |
| 24 | He looked round at the other diners . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He looked round at Tess , seated at the table . |
| 28 | His assembled staff stared stonily back , as he looked round at them , apparently calling for some kind of congratulations . |
| 29 | He looked round at the rest of them . |
| 30 | He looked round at Isambard ; the green eyes questioned frantically . |