Example sentences of "and look [adv] over [art] " in BNC.

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1 He stands and looks out over the lights of London .
2 ‘ Sometimes , ’ said Bernard , ‘ I too feel like going to a hotel somewhere and looking out over a blue Mediterranean sea .
3 He is standing as he must have stood that afternoon on the shore of the Gulf of San Miguel , four-square and haughty , bucklered , helmeted , spurred , and looking out over the greatest ocean in the world .
4 There was little to do all day but climb in the old beeches and look out over the forest to see where the smoke plumes were .
5 Explore the underground installations , browse in the museum , stand by the guns and look out over the Channel as gunners did in two wars .
6 To understand the senator 's point , take the lift to the top of Louisiana 's state capitol , Huey Long 's quixotic replica of the Empire State Building , and look out over the acres of petrochemical plants below .
7 We sit on a thoughtfully placed bench with our backs against a hollow in the hillside and look out over the island , back towards Fionnphort , to the beginning of our long journey homeward .
8 Then I get up out of the creaking seat and stretch my legs , taking my glass over to the floor-to-ceiling windows which form one wall of the ballroom and look out over the gardens to the railway line and the shore of the loch .
9 ‘ Yeah , well , ’ Andy says , coming to stand near me and look out over the water .
10 His streaming muzzle and look out over the meadows ,
11 She wanted to stand on the balcony and look out over the roofs , listen to the strange sounds and watch the cars and scooters rushing by in the street below .
12 Head towards Gennargentu and look down over the vast , untamed terrain where sheep graze among herbs and shrubs .
13 Then he took his hands from the organ and looked all over the keyboard as if to make quite sure that all the keys and stops were there .
14 ‘ When we pulled out of Jaffa , I stood on the stern and looked out over the old city , ’ he said .
15 He moved again to the eastern window and looked out over the cottages of the headland .
16 She took her hand away , leaned on the rail and looked out over the sea .
17 She stood up , stretched , then moved to the window and looked out over the busy concourse .
18 Benin eased the velvet curtains apart and looked out over the brightly lit garden .
19 Finally we sat in the hide open to the general public and looked out over the wide expanse of water at Low Ellers .
20 At midday we climbed the minaret and looked out over the rooftops of Cairo , stretching like a vast uneven plain from the Moqqatam Hills to the tall modern buildings along the river .
21 He forced open his windows and looked out over the courtyard , over the town to where what he now knew as Skiddaw stood in dusky largeness , a prehistoric beast couchant .
22 There was no answer to that , so Charles sat and looked out over the water to Steen 's bungalow .
23 Their bedroom was in the front of the house and looked out over the sea , a vast expanse of blue , sparkling in early morning sunshine .
24 I turned and looked out over the slanted , foreshortened wedge of streets and stocky tenements , and for once the strain in my ears found the appropriate line , the right score .
25 They stopped on the promenade at Cultra and looked out over the blackness of Belfast Lough , alive with twinkling lights .
26 I scrambled to the top and looked out over the sand and rocks to where Paul stood , a tiny figure against the reflected brightness of the pools and wet sands , overshadowed by the tilted cone of metal beside him .
27 He stood at a window and looked down over the trees , where rooks were crossing sticks in a light sway of air .
28 He could hear her barking and looked down over the steep side of the embankment to the bottom of the trees .
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