Example sentences of "[adv] he looked [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes he looked at the clouds and wondered what percentage ashes they were . |
| 2 | Sometimes he looked in the mirror and pulled . |
| 3 | Sometimes he looked round the Park to see if he might move somewhere else but he did not like to start a flight with so many Men staring at him all at once . |
| 4 | Then he looked at the linen she was holding across her arms , and she followed his gaze and said , as she motioned her hand towards the door , ‘ This … this is our house too . |
| 5 | Then he looked at the old eagle again and shaking his head said , ‘ During the last war when I was a prisoner I knew men who were nearer to death than this and yet by some force of will or perhaps some power greater than us they survived . |
| 6 | Then he looked at the Curator , straight into his eyes to make him understand that the person he was thinking of was himself . |
| 7 | Then he looked at the dead woman . |
| 8 | and then he looked at the man . |
| 9 | Then he looked at the jury , and said very loudly : ‘ Sarah did not buy the toothpaste . |
| 10 | Then he looked at the Earl . |
| 11 | and then he looked at the row of trolleys tangled in the front of the car . |
| 12 | parked behind , but then somebody else came and parked in front of him , and he was there and sort , you could see him looking you know , he looked at the driveway and he looked , he was looking in his rear view mirror and then he turned round and looked like this , then he looked at the front , and he was thinking my god I ca n't get out of here , and all of a sudden a little car comes up the road stops , goes beep , beep on the horn , wan na get in the drive , this bloke went ha , ha , ha , ha and he could n't do anything |
| 13 | Then he looked along the rope . |
| 14 | Then he looked under the table , ‘ Oh no — it was the table leg . |
| 15 | then he looked in the baby 's bouncy chair . |
| 16 | Then he looked in the car , saw my father crumpled up and started to speak . |
| 17 | Then he looked in the pram and saw Steffine and put the knife on her face . |
| 18 | Then he looked after the income tax , which was a bit of a headache . |
| 19 | Brookhead Smith loaded the cabinet with the gramophone inside it on to the back of his cart , then he looked around the shed to see if there were any more records lying about . |
| 20 | Then he looked round the room . |
| 21 | Instead he looked through the cages towards Woil and with one fierce look stopped his babbling short . |
| 22 | It cost rather a lot , Nigel discovered when he looked at the bills he was expected to pay . |
| 23 | A third took him into the garden where he looked at the neat undisturbed flower-beds . |
| 24 | Again he looked at the telephone and lit the flame of the lighter . |