Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] look " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that I avoided looking down towards the woodpile until , when it was almost too dark to see , I glanced down one last time — and she was gone . |
| 2 | I avoided looking at the headless pigeon in the gutter . |
| 3 | I avoided looking at the thermometer . |
| 4 | Imagine my shock when , just as I 'd begun thumping the bottom of the big brown pot , I chanced to look inside the bin and there , half buried in rubbish , was Cymbeline 's red plastic teapot . |
| 5 | I got to look after myself . |
| 6 | Satan 's back in and I suddenly remember I got to look after him . |
| 7 | The first opportunity I got to look at this stuff is on Sunday on the library |
| 8 | I expected to look like shit but this was ridiculous . |
| 9 | My stomach was moving with excitement but I tried to look bored . |
| 10 | I did n't want to hurt their feelings , having been brought up to be polite , so I tried to look happy and muttered something about Helen playing the piano very well . |
| 11 | I tried to look at the scenery . |
| 12 | I tried to look straight ahead until I reached the top , then I entered our attic room and stood there as my eyes accustomed themselves to the dim light . |
| 13 | I tried to look as if this was perfectly normal , as if I 'd asked him to make the entry for me . |
| 14 | I tried to look grateful . |
| 15 | I tried to look very understanding , very sympathetic , but it seemed to frighten him . |
| 16 | I tried to look as sceptical as I could . |
| 17 | I tried to look away from her . |
| 18 | I tried to look sympathetic but that only made matters worse and the fellow waved his fingers in the air as a sign for us to go and , turning his back , resumed his prayers . |
| 19 | This seemed to me to be a pretty fair definition of hell , but I tried to look like a man who enjoyed such occasions . |
| 20 | I tried to look impressed . |
| 21 | I tried to look pleased when she told me that Prentice had been ringing at half-hourly intervals since mid-afternoon and had left a multiple-choice list of numbers where I could get him that evening . |
| 22 | I tried to look suitably aggrieved . |
| 23 | I moved to look for the girl . |
| 24 | I pretended to look shocked . |
| 25 | When the Colonel was alive , he always took me shooting with him , and I helped look after his guns . |
| 26 | And then , because I stopped looking out for her , I stopped seeing her altogether . |
| 27 | At a wall corner I stopped to look back at Thwaite 's collection of stone houses shimmering in the dale . |
| 28 | I stopped to look at them , and thought for a moment they looked like prison doors , hiding evil secrets . |
| 29 | I stopped to look round , and saw a figure jump quickly behind a tree . |
| 30 | ‘ We toured the Transport Museum , ’ said Peter , ‘ and Alexander Karaulov and I stopped to look at the autogyro on display . |