Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] looked at [art] " in BNC.

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1 Something on the ground caught his eye and he bent down and looked at a small print in the soft earth .
2 Now he knelt down and looked at the dead girl curiously .
3 Remembering a detail with sudden clarity , Charles knelt down and looked at the left-hand side of the front bumper .
4 Dickinson sat down and looked at the adjutant , appalled .
5 Now , you 've all been down and looked at the state of the playground below .
6 She turned over and looked at the illuminated dial of her alarm clock .
7 Antony turned the grill off and looked at the dark brown slices of bread .
8 She tipped her head up and looked at the sky , biting her lip .
9 I stood up and looked at the Feldwebel .
10 He stood up and looked at the following wagon .
11 It is just conceivable that the Inland Revenue , thicketed about with legislation and case law , might think these provisions of the Income Tax Acts had some concern for a transaction of that nature , but that is hardly a view which could be shared by one who got out and looked at the wood as a whole .
12 Startled faces turned as they sang , then turned back and looked at the pulpit .
13 I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk .
14 604 this court was faced with the curious situation that by a series of decisions , each moving almost imperceptibly further forward than the last , it had created a rule of law for which , if one stood back and looked at the matter afresh , there was absolutely no justification .
15 Finlayson walked around and looked at the damage from the other side .
16 She turned round and looked at the brass-dialled clock sitting starkly on a red brick wall to the side of them and added , ‘ Only half-past eight . ’
17 He turned round and looked at the sea of faces .
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