Example sentences of "[conj] looked [adv prt] 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 | Cissy Salt , her baby face hard and cold as a coin , stood back from the couch and looked round at the trembling tearful group . |
| 4 | The man kicked the dog into a corner and looked round at the signs of battle . |
| 5 | She paused outside the villa , and looked round at the dark hills against the starry sky . |
| 6 | I think that if Jesus stood in your school and looked around at the crowds he would feel exactly the same . |
| 7 | She tossed her head and looked around at the congregation . |
| 8 | She lay on the grass , beside him , and looked up at the blue sky . |
| 9 | I moved closer to the entrance to the trench , pushed aside one of the heavy pieces of wood , and looked up at the sky . |
| 10 | Sister Cooney smiled and looked up at the board in front of her as the bell rang . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He coughed and cleared his throat again and looked up at the clerk . |
| 13 | General ‘ Little Mac ’ McLellan sat back on his horse and looked up at the sky . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Later , in sleeping-bags , with Grégoire quiet and breathing peacefully , Edouard lay on his back , and looked up at the stars . |
| 17 | She sat carefully in a bucket chair , on a dark-blue satin cushion embroidered with a yellow dragon , and looked up at the mantelpiece . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | Florrie took a pinch of snuff and looked up at the sky , waiting for the inevitable sneeze , and Aggie stepped back a pace . |
| 20 | She slowed down and looked up at the house now looming high above them . |
| 21 | When leaving the house one day , the bird suddenly cocked its head and looked up at the sky . |
| 22 | Berdichev huffed impatiently and looked up at the overhead camera . |
| 23 | When they had gone , Peskova turned and looked up at the house again . |
| 24 | He lay on his back and looked up at the leaf canopy as it stirred and turned , sifting the afternoon sunlight . |
| 25 | He sucked in deep , racking breaths and looked up at the two men . |
| 26 | On the first morning I stepped onto the chalet balcony and looked up at the mountain . |
| 27 | Léonie sprawled lower on the muddy carpet and looked up at the beech trees spread against the sky . |
| 28 | The servants woke , and two gentlemen , who were passing in the road below , stopped and looked up at the house . |
| 29 | Soapy sat on a seat in Madison Square , New York , and looked up at the sky . |
| 30 | Ian walked to the open window and looked up at the hills , with their barracks , prison and asylum perched aloft . |