Example sentences of "his [noun] [conj] look " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sighed with relief , wiped his beard and looked round more clearly . |
| 2 | He was twiddling his fingers and looking pleased with himself . |
| 3 | The man finished his notes and looked up . |
| 4 | By contrast , general purposive browsing describes the academic researcher who indulges in a similar activity of looking over books but with a serious purpose in mind , such as keeping up to date in his field or looking for new ideas . |
| 5 | Who did n't riot , but got on his bike and looked for work ? |
| 6 | He was absolutely worshipped by all disinterested persons at G.Q.G. When he entered the hotel , tapping the floor with his stick and looking about him with the mischievous and bright glances of a boy , every one came up to him instinctively , only too pleased to see him . |
| 7 | He took the cheroot from between his teeth and looked at me gravely . |
| 8 | McDunn sucks his teeth and looks away . |
| 9 | Troy entered , threw off his cloak and looked Boldwood in the face . |
| 10 | Father Devlin took out his watch and looked at it . |
| 11 | He glanced at his watch and looked around . |
| 12 | Abberley takes off his watch and looks at it . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Andy sits in an ancient bulging armchair , its fake brown leather rubbed through to the fabric net underneath in places and burnished to a deep black shine on the arms ; he nurses his whisky and looks into the fire most of the time . |
| 15 | She levered herself away from him with a hand on his chest and looked him dead in the eye . |
| 16 | Albert clasped his hands together in front of his chest and looked suitably forlorn . |
| 17 | When Dan had returned after his drink , wiping his mouth and looking cooler , she had been silent . |
| 18 | Cabochon wiped his mouth and looked at Jordan with panicked eyes . |
| 19 | " Many happy returns , " he said to himself , then suddenly gulped as he put his hand to his mouth and looked around . |
| 20 | The priest made a rude sound with his mouth and looked away . |
| 21 | As he was saying goodbye today , I saw him open his mouth and look at me in that way . |
| 22 | Teddy rolls his tongue around the inside of his mouth and looks self-important . |
| 23 | She ran one finger across the keys of his typewriter and looked across the room to the photo of him which hung on the wall , smiling . |
| 24 | He held up his forefinger and looked questioningly at the District Chief . |
| 25 | General ‘ Little Mac ’ McLellan sat back on his horse and looked up at the sky . |
| 26 | He stopped his horse and looked across at the friar . |
| 27 | His face was very close to hers and he suddenly took off his spectacles and looked deeply into her eyes . |
| 28 | The priest rested his elbows on his knees and looked down at the floor . |
| 29 | As Charles stood in his doorway and looked around , he must have seen a bustle of activity and a variety of dwellings only possible before the days of clinical town planning . |
| 30 | The girl followed his glance and looked at those triumphs of taxidermy with distaste . |