Example sentences of "[conj] looked [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Artists know that this has happened , but much of the art establishment has n't caught up with events , or looked back at the past in the light of that . |
| 2 | In the fire-comer stood a black-and-white goat , with knobby little horns and eyes like yellow glass , and on the hearth lay a very large cat , a multi-coloured , mazy-patterned brindled cat , that looked up at the little tailor with eyes like cold green jewels , with black slits for pupils . |
| 3 | I did n't know the man who stepped out and looked straight at the door which the old buffer porter had managed to close . |
| 4 | Cissy Salt , her baby face hard and cold as a coin , stood back from the couch and looked round at the trembling tearful group . |
| 5 | The man kicked the dog into a corner and looked round at the signs of battle . |
| 6 | She paused outside the villa , and looked round at the dark hills against the starry sky . |
| 7 | Carrie leaned on the table and looked closely at the middle-aged man sitting facing her . |
| 8 | When the coffee was done , he turned towards Oliver and looked closely at the boy . |
| 9 | Cadfael kneeled behind the dead man 's shoulders , and looked closely at the indented wound , in which white points of bone showed in the centre of the encrusted blood . |
| 10 | Mr Crumwallis jumped , and looked nervously at the instrument . |
| 11 | He abandoned this line of observation and looked carefully at the man inside the suit . |
| 12 | The Trunchbull flicked her head round and looked carefully at the small girl with dark hair and deep brown eyes sitting in the second row . |
| 13 | Miss Honey paused and looked carefully at the child . |
| 14 | When Sara awoke and looked outside at the deep cloudless blue sky , she guessed that her hostess was also scanning it with equal pleasure . |
| 15 | They re-climbed the steps to the granite flags and there Karl turned and looked again at the statue , his face still sunken and sour . |
| 16 | McAllister finished the right front of the coatee , as Matey called it , cast off , and looked again at the half-grandfather clock with a sigh . |
| 17 | Jeanne remained silent , and looked fixedly at the floor . |
| 18 | I think that if Jesus stood in your school and looked around at the crowds he would feel exactly the same . |
| 19 | She tossed her head and looked around at the congregation . |
| 20 | She lay on the grass , beside him , and looked up at the blue sky . |
| 21 | I moved closer to the entrance to the trench , pushed aside one of the heavy pieces of wood , and looked up at the sky . |
| 22 | Sister Cooney smiled and looked up at the board in front of her as the bell rang . |
| 23 | He began to tremble as he stepped through the door and looked up at the dim stairway which climbed steeply out of the bare and musty hall . |
| 24 | He coughed and cleared his throat again and looked up at the clerk . |
| 25 | General ‘ Little Mac ’ McLellan sat back on his horse and looked up at the sky . |
| 26 | She paused at the bottom of the wide stone staircase and looked up at the heavy doors of the church which had been drawn back and allowed a partial view of the dark interior of the building . |
| 27 | I then vomited , lay still for some seconds to recover from my disorientation and looked up at the officer , standing nonchalantly with hands clasped behind his back . |
| 28 | Later , in sleeping-bags , with Grégoire quiet and breathing peacefully , Edouard lay on his back , and looked up at the stars . |
| 29 | She sat carefully in a bucket chair , on a dark-blue satin cushion embroidered with a yellow dragon , and looked up at the mantelpiece . |
| 30 | She lay in Charlotte 's bed and looked up at the ceiling that Charlotte had festooned with shawls and old curtains and Indian bedspreads ( there was a definite small weight in one of those hammocks : what lay there ? |