Example sentences of "[conj] look [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 | ‘ A case for galoshes , ’ remarked the Substitute , tossing a cigar end out of the jeep and looking around at the steam rising slowly from the wet earth . |
| 4 | I was on my third cup of coffee and looking around at the other coolies when I saw a familiar blue overcoat coming through the door from the street . |
| 5 | But lying there beside her , listening to the susurration of the tide and looking up at the sky through a haze of grasses he was filled , not with post-coital sadness , but with an agreeable languor as if the long-committed Sunday afternoon still stretched ahead of them . |
| 6 | ‘ So I 've heard , ’ answered George , rolling onto his back and looking up at the sky , while he chewed a stalk of grass . |
| 7 | And I 'd stand there , easing my aching back , and looking up at the stars . |
| 8 | ‘ I wonder where Barbs is ? ’ said Tim , stopping and looking up at the bedroom windows . |
| 9 | Sammy stood on the mat shaking his fur by the open door and looking out at the sheets of rain that were now whipping across the graveyard . |
| 10 | Now I find I 'm getting " inspired top-off-the-brain " signals and ideas while travelling in an aeroplane — at the window and looking out at the snowy cotton-wool cloud land ( no artificial stimulants ! ) . |
| 11 | No other words were needed and he stood , walking to the window and looking out at the courtyard that was bathed in sunlight . |
| 12 | I remember standing at the back of The Lyceum and looking down at the crowd . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm glad for you , ’ Jenna snapped , standing and looking down at the angry face . |
| 14 | Then he remembered his mother and Stefan and made himself go back and look up at the bodies till he did n't mind any more . |
| 15 | Far away along the path we saw him turn and look back at the hound . |
| 16 | No , it 's just somewhere to sit in and look out at the en , er the ships and boats going by . |
| 17 | I stand in front of it and look up at the lights . |
| 18 | I sit down on the bench and look up at the sky . |
| 19 | I stop under a lamppost and look up at the light , all orange and flickery . |
| 20 | Walk through and look up at the Parler net vaulting with the crown of Bohemia on the boss . |
| 21 | Stand here and look up at the River Esk a famous salmon fishing river ; and across the river at St. Mary 's church , at the top of 199 steps , furnished by local shipwrights . |
| 22 | I lie on my back and look up at the eternal sweep of marble skies . |
| 23 | I stop for a moment at my gate and look up at the windows of my house . |
| 24 | ‘ We could sit on this rock , ’ Hope pointed to a jutting flat stone , ‘ and look out at the lake . ’ |
| 25 | I drink my whisky and look out at the inky loch . |
| 26 | This warning whetted my appetite for I used to crawl to the edge and look down at the water which was usually quite near the top as this part of the city is barely above river level . |
| 27 | And look down at the lumpy , single bed . |
| 28 | Then step into your body and look back at the scene . |
| 29 | what must I do ? and look back at the house |
| 30 | My left foot ledged on the hinge , and look in at the byre 's |