Example sentences of "looking back at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back at the stormy relationship of a few years ago , he realised how much she had mellowed . |
| 2 | Looking back at the bell-box Sorvino was tempted to find a half-brick and try to put it out , but that would be fun and not duty . |
| 3 | Tsu Ma turned , looking back at the young man . |
| 4 | But by looking back at the archaic phase of Greek history and forward to later autocrats , as we have done with the Sicilian tyrants , we can remind ourselves that the democratic interludes of Greek history were not merely short but untypical — in Syracuse , Macedon , Cyrene and satrapal Asia Minor one-man rule was normal for much of the period 479–323 BC . |
| 5 | He levelled off about ten feet above the ground and banked as he climbed , looking back at the red flag . |
| 6 | So , too , the third of them , Stevens , who stood to one side , looking back at the wall-length window and its view of the great circle of the spaceport 's landing apron . |
| 7 | Looking back at the tangled web of confused events we can see that the answer had already emerged . |