Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] at [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I kept looking at myself in the glass . |
| 2 | That was the psychological moment : but she also remembered another , a turning-point in physical ageing , ‘ when I began to hate to look at myself in the glass . ’ |
| 3 | I ca n't bear to look at myself in a mirror : I know I look a mess most of the time . |
| 4 | Yet we all of us swim between the outside world and the internal , trying to look at ourselves from the outside and also looking from the inside at the world , having a sense of ourselves and how we look that may be variable and dependent on many things — mood , confirmation from others , self-esteem , changing trends in what is considered attractive . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , ’ she admitted softly as she continued to stare at herself in the full-length mirror . |
| 6 | But now as she stood looking at herself in a full length looking glass , she could see that she had indeed what the magazines described as the perfect figure , firm round breasts , a narrow flat waist , good hips , a small posterior , and long slender legs which were greatly enhanced by the silk stockings the assistant had carefully rolled on to them . |
| 7 | And then when she was fully dressed , she shut the closet door over and stood looking at herself in the mirror which was on the other side . |
| 8 | She deliberately refused to look at herself in the strategically placed mirror . |