Example sentences of "while [noun] look " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a polite shunting of chairs to make space for an extra one , and Eliot managed a few pleasantries while Shildon looked thoroughly annoyed by the intrusion and Harbury could not contain his delight . |
| 2 | While research looks like taking more of a backseat in the new government , the extent to which Fabius will change research policy will become apparent only when he has begun to change the people in key staff positions . |
| 3 | Both men guffawed at the remark , while Frankie looked from one grinning face to the other . |
| 4 | While Moses looks forward to the ‘ good ’ to come , their minds are fixed on the ‘ evil ’ of the present . |
| 5 | I glanced from Janice to Gav and back again , while Janice looked at me , lip trembling . |
| 6 | One thousand and ninety five days of a stinking bucket in the corner while Pete looked forward to dinner . |
| 7 | The Buddha of suburbia nodded regally , while Eva looked as if she wanted to cut off Fruitbat 's eyelids with a pair of scissors . |
| 8 | Dawson looked at her while North looked at Dawson . |
| 9 | There was a silence , while Fand looked at her — a silence deep with foreboding . |
| 10 | While Lucenzo looked through the displays on a gaily decked stall , Meredith gently extracted her father 's gold mask from the tissue in which he 'd carefully wrapped it . |
| 11 | It was in the War Academy that Valenzuela learned how to detain , interrogate , and exploit the fears of prisoners — while psychologists looked for weakness in the young draftees and weeded out those who seemed sentimental . |
| 12 | Aaron , Benstede 's man , glaring at him through the crowd at the banquet in the castle while Benstede looked reproachfully at him . |
| 13 | Residents were sexually assaulted or goaded into assaulting one another , it was alleged , while staff looked on , drinking beer , laughing and ignoring pleas for help . |
| 14 | Tina walked towards him in the rain-washed playground while Jack looked warily round for her brother . |
| 15 | While people look to the Tories to make money , they look to Labour to spend it to more social purpose . |
| 16 | He pushed the book across and pointed out the swirling fronds of ‘ Seaweed ’ and the stiffly formal ‘ Sweet Pea ’ , while Iris looked on , nodding and chipping in with observations from time to time . |
| 17 | But while Underwood looks sure to take over from his retired brother , Rory , team manager Geoff Cooke warned : |
| 18 | While Diana looked to her husband for a lead and guidance , the way the press and public reacted to the royal couple merely served to drive a wedge between them . |
| 19 | Answer : While SUM looks as if it is the command that you need , in fact it is just a way of selecting records , as you have discovered . |
| 20 | Wriggling through the crowds , I sidled around the walls , admiring black and white photographs of old men in cloth caps playing fiddles , while children looked on wonderingly . |
| 21 | Their work carries highly charged images of male sexuality , such as ‘ Naked Beauty ’ where two young , naked models abase themselves before an open , budding flower , while George looks on with the impassivity of a voyeur . |
| 22 | Though he noticed there were some who spoke to the superintendent and were completely ignored , while others looked as if they would have preferred to creep past unknown . |
| 23 | Ace repressed a shudder , while Howard looked on unaffected , having seen the stones when they first arrived at the university . |
| 24 | Into the uneasy silence , while brother looked most earnestly at brother , and wondered , and sought or evaded the eyes of his neighbours , Brother Cadfael said : ‘ Brother Abbot , I have thoughts to share that never visited me until this morning , but are become very relevant now . |