Example sentences of "looked [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He approached , and looked in at the boy . |
| 2 | She came round the side of the house and looked in at the bay window . |
| 3 | Next morning I looked in at the forge before leaving , and said goodbye to Joe , who was already hard at work . |
| 4 | When Coffin returned from central London late that night , he looked in at the TAS office . |
| 5 | Coming to the gate , he looked in at the cottage and instantly recognized the fourth photograph in Heather 's collection . |
| 6 | She looked down at the sandal and with one worn finger gently moved the heel to and fro on its fragile shred of skin . |
| 7 | I looked down at the money again . |
| 8 | A resigned silence congealed over the rows of people and the Reverend Archibald Menzies gripped the edges of the lectern , closed his eyes and raised his face to the ceiling , then looked down at the serried faces and spoke . |
| 9 | Now he looked down at the table top , then sideways at his colleagues and back at Cameron . |
| 10 | Next day and the day after that Mr Flemyng rode his horse along the slope south of the town , as though to exercise his dogs , and looked down at the site through an opera-glass , trying to make out whether the workmen were forming a mob . |
| 11 | I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head . |
| 12 | I looked down at the sea breaking on the rocks . |
| 13 | She did n't answer immediately but looked down at the table , then up at him . |
| 14 | She coughed and looked down at the floor . |
| 15 | Jinny looked down at the cutting . |
| 16 | ‘ Er — ’ Jinny looked down at the dial . |
| 17 | Joe looked down at the table . |
| 18 | She looked down at the patterned rugs on the floor and edged in more closely behind Gloria , gripping her skirt . |
| 19 | Charles looked down at the flood pumping out in the torchlight . |
| 20 | He looked down at the scatter of handwritten pages spread all over the table , and tensed his body as though anticipating a blow . |
| 21 | Andra looked down at the concoction in the dusty glass in front of him . |
| 22 | Luigi looked down at the teddy-boy . |
| 23 | Endill hesitated and looked down at the sea crashing against the rocks . |
| 24 | Endill looked down at the sea . |
| 25 | She looked down at the biscuit , as if surprised by it . |
| 26 | She moved over to the cot and looked down at the baby . |
| 27 | And for the first time , she got a response , for Isobel bobbed her head slightly and then looked down at the infant in the cot . |
| 28 | Morton looked down at the toe of his boot . |
| 29 | She looked down at the floor and made the slightest movement with one hand . |
| 30 | He looked down at the men lying there , unconscious , breathing shallowly ; and Luch jerked to wakefulness and tensed as his hand moved to his dirk … |