Example sentences of "they looked [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The three of them looked at each other , and Husband said cautiously : ‘ If you say a matter of hours , you do mean tonight ? ’ |
2 | The three of them looked into each other 's faces , and seemed to breathe more freely . |
3 | Although precise definitions are hard to come by , it is clear that they looked to some kind of ideal worker , that is , someone who was trustworthy , interested , intelligent , literate and numerate , full of initiative , and capable of mental and physical agility . |
4 | They looked for more drugs , but they found nothing . |
5 | They looked at each other quizzically , trying to decide how much emotion the other was prepared to invest in this . |
6 | They looked at each other and laughed as they went for the top A and each found that no noise came out at all . |
7 | They looked at each other steadily for several seconds , then Charity laughed almost sympathetically . |
8 | They looked at each other , without moving . |
9 | They looked at each other . |
10 | Franca came and sat on the bed and took hold of Patrick 's hand and they looked at each other . |
11 | Then for another moment they looked at each other . |
12 | They looked at each other again . |
13 | She met his gaze , and for fully thirty seconds they looked at each other in silence . |
14 | They looked at each other and gave a shrug of their shoulders , then the big man said to Morris : ‘ Your son is a lucky man , having you for a father . |
15 | They looked at each other , Jean-Paul focusing his eyes with difficulty , and Edouard saw the coarsening in his brother which he had been trying to ignore for days . |
16 | They looked at each other , then ran back into the apartment-block . |
17 | Then she lay back on her pillow and they looked at each other as if it was for the first time . |
18 | Asked where Kee was , they looked at each other and said she was out . |
19 | There was silence as they looked at each other across the table . |
20 | They looked at each other , then returning their gaze to the far distance there was a silence between them before Mick went on again , ‘ As I see it now , real education is what you get from life : not what life gives you , but what you give to it . |
21 | Again they looked at each other in silence , and then he said very slowly , ‘ I 've been to see Beecham and Holden . |
22 | But when Millie , from her seat , lifted her arm and waved to them , they looked at each other , giggled , then all waved back , which Millie took as a good omen and Rose Quinton took as a sign of comparative peace . |
23 | They looked at each other . |
24 | They looked at each other , neither saying a word , silent in their understanding of each other . |
25 | They looked at each other . |
26 | They looked at each other . |
27 | They looked at each other and grinned . |
28 | When he said , " I ca n't believe this is me , man , " they looked at each other , unable to bear that they could not express what they felt for him , but they could laugh , and — it was Pat who sat next to him — stroke or pat him , or embrace him . |
29 | As Fidelma got Agatha into bed , they looked at each other with honesty as they always did in the end . |
30 | They looked at each other , and shook their heads . |