Example sentences of "[not/n't] look at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It would be surprising if Tolkien had not looked at the calm face of Tollund Man , or the hideously frightened one of ‘ Queen Gunhild ’ ( all too obviously still struggling as she was pinned down alive ) , and reflected that these were the true lineaments of his pagan ancestors . |
2 | No , we 're not looking at a new wonder drug , you know , the type that you swallow with a glass of water . |
3 | That either they have n't been able to think about it very carefully , not looking at the real options , or have n't got an electric point , so they ca n't have an electric shredder , or whatever the appropriate way of dealing with the more sort of shrubby erm waste that they 're likely to have . |
4 | As Pyke got me a half of bitter I stood there regarding the rows of inverted bottles behind the barman 's head , not looking at the other actors in the pub , who I knew were all staring at me . |
5 | All you 've got to do is concentrate on getting out quick and running your own thing , not looking at the next guy . |
6 | And Tory arguments that the tax would make companies uncompetitive were not looking at the whole picture . |
7 | Katherine nodded fractionally , and the butler bowed and moved silently from the room , not looking at the younger man . |
8 | When I write again in twelve months ’ time I shall be extremely disappointed if , world events permitting , we have not met our targets and are not looking at an improved set of results . |
9 | Er the County Council can not look at an individual building and say , this is a particular piece of land which is going to be developed and this is going to have this particular impact on the environment . |
10 | He did not look at the still bowing surveyors as he spoke , but at Alexei . |
11 | Thus , in construing a written agreement the court is entitled to take account of surrounding circumstances ( with reference to which the words of the agreement were used ) and the object appearing from those circumstances that the person had in view ; but the court may not look at the prior negotiations of the parties as an aid to construction of the written contract resulting from those negotiations ( Prenn v Simmonds [ 1971 ] 3 All ER 237 ) . |
12 | She did not look at the old man , so she failed to see the shrewd yet kindly glance he gave her . |
13 | The first is whether in construing ambiguous or obscure statutory provisions your Lordships should relax the historic rule that the courts must not look at the Parliamentary history of legislation or Hansard for the purpose of construing such legislation . |
14 | The carcass , unfortunately , was in quite an advanced state of decomposition by the time we got to it , so we could not look at the detailed histology ( cell structure ) of the internal organs or the central nervous system . |
15 | We did not look at the histological correlate of the inflammatory mediators as for ethical reasons we did not perform sigmoidoscopy and rectal biopsy . |
16 | Coffin did not look at the severed hands , where he imagined the signs of a fight would show . |
17 | And then it was over , and they were coming out into the grey , windy day , the mothers trying not to look at the white-capped sea beyond the point , the boys suddenly gruff and silent now that the moment of parting was come . |
18 | ‘ Do we need some help with our washing ? ’ , all the while desperately trying not to look at the forbidden sight of father naked in the bath . |
19 | But something about your comments worries me a great deal , and that 's the fact that many women tutors , you say , have been looking at this issue , but they have n't looked at the major part of the issue , which is from the students ' perspectives and the problem that goes on between students . |
20 | ‘ I have n't looked at the high scoring yet but there are no surprises at what you are going to get out there . ’ |
21 | So I suppose whatever area you went into , erm you might find it a bit frustrating to start with , because you were n't looking at the big picture . |
22 | The fact that they ca n't look at the real problems makes them attack someone or something else . |
23 | If you w u unfortunately we did n't look at the financial commentary as the first item . |
24 | Do n't look at the whole answer and then cover it up again and think right okay that 's a start and then try and do all I mean you 're not going to have the book to help you in the exam . |
25 | but when I was eleven years old I did n't look at the sixth form and do jus just because they were doing something I wanted to do it , I might have admired them but if they were smoking that would n't make me want to smoke . |