Example sentences of "looked around the " in BNC.

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1 She looked around the tent , her pale eyes filled with simple curiosity , and then looked back at Peggy .
2 ’ She looked about the kitchen , walked to the doorway , looked around the living room and turned back to Caroline .
3 After mopping up the mess-tin with a large piece of French bread that had accompanied the stew , I got to my feet and looked around the barn .
4 Omi sighed contentedly as she looked around the room which had a fair smattering of elderly ladies , like herself having a Sunday morning treat .
5 And it is true what your father says … when I think of what it was like after the War , and when I look around now — ’ suiting her actions to her words she looked around the café , at the ladies , old and frail , like herself , respectable in black and grey — ‘ these went through it too , ’ she said , ‘ and look at them , at us , coffee and cake on a Sunday morning .
6 She tapped the ash off her cigarette and looked around the restaurant .
7 Herr Nordern looked around the table , exuberant , dizzy with happiness , and then , remembering the toast he had been about to make , raised his glass .
8 The President and Chief Executive Officer looked around the table .
9 He looked around the congregation and saw many old and familiar friends and colleagues .
10 He looked around the room .
11 Robyn looked around the room .
12 Robyn looked around the office .
13 He paused at the word and looked around the table .
14 He carefully placed the fish on the wooden water butt at the side of the house then looked around the ash path for a couple of handy sized stones .
15 The clerk rose , stretched and looked around the deserted hall now darkening as the torches spluttered out .
16 He looked around the kitchen .
17 I relaxed and looked around the dark room , at the end of which was a small stage with a drum-kit and mike-stand on it .
18 The elderly régisseur looked around the vast cellars in despair .
19 He looked around the cottage with a sense of despair .
20 He turned his head and looked around the café .
21 She looked around the café , as Edouard and Jean-Paul talked .
22 Isobel looked around the table in confusion .
23 But this much I must tell you — ’ He looked around the chamber , as if expecting to see a silent listener at every corner .
24 Benny looked around the schoolyard .
25 Eve sat on her bed and looked around the room .
26 Ellen looked around the oddly painted powerboat .
27 So I sat down on a chair that stood by the counter and looked around the shop while waiting for Mary to emerge from behind the colourful painted screen where she was trying things on .
28 He sat back in his pew and looked around the church which the indefatigable ladies of the WI had transformed with flowers and holly sprays .
29 The young man scratched his head and looked around the cabin .
30 He looked around the room absently .
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