Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] look [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I avoided looking at the headless pigeon in the gutter . |
| 2 | I turned to look at the young man beside me , his long fingered hands resting on the steering wheel . |
| 3 | ‘ I turned to look at the retreating figures of my two friends , feeling unbearably isolated , and went to eat alone in the cafeteria . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I thought it was time I began looking like a human being , ’ she snapped . |
| 5 | I decided to look at the local statistics for asthma deaths in West Cumbria from the public health department for the years 1980 to 1989 . |
| 6 | I went looking for a quiet place to sit — while gazing with interest at the multi armed , three-breasted Salmo'kkan dancers being sinuous on a mini-stage when I was frozen in mid stride |
| 7 | ‘ I went to look for a new car and the Lord said to me , ‘ Richie , you buy this car . |
| 8 | The feeling of fear had subsided somewhat and I remembered looking into the rubble-strewn backyards and thinking how sad it was that they were now in ruin , as last time I was at the station they were occupied . |
| 9 | ‘ Life has changed , Shama , ’ I said looking at the Japanese thermos on the chair by my bed and the round box of Danish biscuits which I had been given ‘ in case you are hungry in the night ’ . |
| 10 | Until now , I had looked on the legendary Frankenstein as a sort of piece-meal dabbler in cadavers , a small-time crank who haunted crypts and graves for mismatched eyes and hands . |
| 11 | Aye I had to look through the whole lot of them . |
| 12 | ‘ No , I 've been to the office , and I wanted to look at the projected sales figures for this quarter . |
| 13 | To put it more simply , I wanted to look at the reciprocal interaction between individuals and their immediate social world . |
| 14 | It was seventeen years after President Kennedy 's assassination , twelve years since Bobby 's , but the idea was so powerful nobody turned to look at the shattered window or the stunned lad . |
| 15 | He noted given unto a Newlands man who came to look at the supposed Wad Mine at Conistone 5s . " |
| 16 | She turned to look at the rear clock . |
| 17 | And , repeating this like a charm : ‘ It was n't me ; it was n't me , ’ she turned to look at the red splashes on the wall . |
| 18 | She decided to look on the positive side . |
| 19 | She was lowering herself from the tip-toe that she needed to look over the panelled backing of the window display when something else caught her eye , further down the road . |
| 20 | " Do n't be sorry , " he said , " I quite enjoyed it , " She looked up briefly then , smiling uncertainly , as though she did n't believe him , He licked his lips , moved forward , put one hand out and touched hers where it gripped the glass , She kept looking at the empty glass avoiding his face . |
| 21 | She liked to look at the dreadful toxins through the jewelled prison of their coloured glass bottles : ruby red , peridot green , indigo blue . |
| 22 | How lovely she had looked at the early morning Mass . |
| 23 | She had looked into the midnight-dark eyes and it had n't seemed to matter at all that the plaza was a very busy place . |
| 24 | Nobody who had looked at the bald bullet-head and roly-poly self-confidence of the visitor , or heard his folksy repartee , could fail to have been reminded of an American grass roots politician on tour . |
| 25 | A couple who had looked after an elderly father in their home for many years , were persuaded at last to take one week 's holiday . |
| 26 | For a moment she stood looking around the wide hall , closely carpeted in dark , velvety blue which lent an added drama to the vivid Impressionist paintings , the apricot-coloured Knole settee . |
| 27 | So we agreed to look for a new approach " . |
| 28 | I returned to Russia recently with my dear friend Ashkenazy and we went to look at the Central School of Music in Moscow , our educational base for so many years , and there it is , a sorry sight of rubble , locked doors and broken windows . |
| 29 | ‘ Maybe we did look like an ideal exciting couple ’ , says Ferrier . |
| 30 | We learned to look for the black tongue , water that would take us between rocks . |