Example sentences of "and look [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sticks the cigarette in her mouth and looks around for matches . |
| 2 | He stabs at the buttons three times , then wriggles over to the handset and makes muffled shouts through the gag until you cock the gun and he hears it and looks round at where you stand , next to the wall , waving the telephone 's wall-plug . |
| 3 | Juanita sits in the kitchen and looks up with her embarrassed half-smile/half-laugh when I bend down and step inside . |
| 4 | Dunvegan Castle stands on the edge of the sea , and looks up along the long narrow Loch Dunvegan to the north-west . |
| 5 | A man with what appears to be two sacks of potatoes on his back stops and looks up to where I sit . |
| 6 | But if a person climbs a nearby hill and looks down on the site , the whole city can be seen and to some extent understood : viewing a site at an angle in this way is equivalent to an oblique aerial photograph . |
| 7 | She smiles slightly , and looks down at her hand as she runs a finger round the steel rim of the little marble-topped table . |
| 8 | So when your youngster barks and looks back at you , reassure him with a pat . |
| 9 | He puts the phone down and looks back at me . |
| 10 | Grant Simons presents a view of the inside of the North American XB-70 Valkyrie at the USAF Museum and looks back into the type 's turbulent past |
| 11 | The garden is pretty and looks out onto six acres of fields and a copse , and contains a tennis court which guests are welcome to use . |
| 12 | The meticulously clean rooms are of medium size , nicely furnished and decorated with telephone and T.V. The breakfast room is of a good size and looks out onto a small garden . |
| 13 | A few miles to the south-west of Beverley the Scots raised their standard on the beacon at Hunsley , which marks almost the southern end of the Wolds and looks out across the Humber to Lincolnshire and across the Vale of York towards Selby and Doncaster . |
| 14 | He follows a hill-track on his journey home , and looks out with startled pleasure when the coastal plain emerges below him . |
| 15 | Howard stops walking up and down , and looks out of the window . |
| 16 | Atherton , back in the side for his first Test of the tour , battled through 41 overs to show England 's management why they should have picked him at Madras , while Blakey — brought in because Neil Fairbrother was still ill with a virus — has now made only seven runs from three Test innings and looks out of his depth . |
| 17 | A gust of wind throws rain against the window and shakes the frame ; it 's loud and surprising and I flinch but he just turns slowly and looks out into the darkness with what could almost be contempt before laughing and putting an arm round my shoulder and suggesting we have another drink . |
| 18 | He stands and looks out over the lights of London . |
| 19 | When she had eventually plucked up her courage and looked out of the window , she had been entranced by the views from the carriage and the speed of travel . |
| 20 | Had he woken up and looked out of one of the bedroom windows he would have seen his wife in the moonlight pulling desperately at the handle on a manhole cover . |
| 21 | She got control of herself , found Delaney pausing , and looking around for her . |
| 22 | We discussed erm erm other places for people to meet et cetera has actually been closed down , some some problem with the is n't it , erm but they ca n't use it for the public so erm that was , it was just left that we 'll have another meeting in March and looking around for alternative places to meet , but that 's all to report on that . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ I think so , ’ she said , straightening in her seat and looking around like someone who 'd fallen asleep on a long journey and awoken in an unfamiliar place . |
| 26 | As he was moving away , he paused , and looking round at us with a smile on his face , he said , ‘ Oh yes , and a direct hit on the newly-dug shithouse … shit everywhere ! ’ |
| 27 | The couple she had met as the Corduroys , Ken and Louise , were holding plates and looking round for somewhere to sit . |
| 28 | Several unions , conscious that their membership had fallen in recent years and looking round for new areas of recruitment , homed in on " non-standard " workers . |
| 29 | He was on his feet , roused and content , and looking round for his cloak ; and she was there with it , lifting it to his shoulders . |
| 30 | We stayed for an hour and a half taking photographs and looking round before wading back for another hour with our ammo boxes again . |