Let's take another look at a pair of earlier lists.

He just looked for a moment at the fallen pair.

Everyone looked at the pair of them as if they couldn't believe their ears.

He took a deep breath and looked directly at the pair.

The man looked around at the last pair of his companions.

I was staring up at a pair of feet, legs.

Then he looked at the pair of us and they widened.

The colonel sat back in his chair and looked at the pair hard.

After three years, the pregnancy rate at the first pair of schools had dropped 30 percent.

He looked up, glanced at the pair of them without recognition and went on his way.