Example sentences of "look [prep] the mirror " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had looked in the mirror after the card arrived . |
| 2 | looked in the mirror , it looked as though it was |
| 3 | and I thought god I 've got to do something , I 've looked in the mirror and I though Gill this is disgusting , you know , it really is |
| 4 | When a man looks in the mirror , he can tell himself , ‘ You may be an ugly old devil , but you 're brilliant/successful/ virile . ’ |
| 5 | When a woman looks in the mirror , she sees the totality of her being : because of the social brainwashing to which she has been subjected , the mirror seems to tell her more than it can tell a man . |
| 6 | He looks in the mirror he keeps in his mind , and sees his wife clinging to his arm and the children clustered round her skirts ; all looking up at him , as that giver of all good gifts , the wage-earner . |
| 7 | so every time he looks in the mirror he 'll know |
| 8 | Characters looking into the mirror count as prone if attacked . |
| 9 | He stopped the metronome and put his hands on his bony kneecaps , looking into the mirror at his gloomy Indian-brave 's face . |
| 10 | It 's very weird to see yourself ; looking in the mirror is not the same thing as seeing yourself three-dimensionally , which is very , very peculiar , ’ says Howard , who politely declined the chance to take his effigy home at the end of filming . |
| 11 | Marie 's standing behind me and we 're both looking in the mirror on the inside of the wardrobe . |
| 12 | In the past they said men should n't be concerned about their looks and things , but it 's pretty obvious that they are , because boys are always looking in the mirror , and these days they have slicked-back hair and fancy clothes , and that sort of thing . |
| 13 | She was still looking in the mirror making sure there were no other tell-tale signs of the evening 's activities when the living-room door was thrown open and her mother , looking very stern , appeared . |
| 14 | I ca n't stop looking in the mirror . ’ |
| 15 | I would like you to get to know your body better by looking in the mirror and seeing the improvements in your shape as each day goes by . |
| 16 | One day she herself was looking in the mirror , and her sailor came up behind her and put his arms around her waist , and stared hungrily at her joyous face . |
| 17 | is only looking in the mirror |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , ’ Mrs Carson said , looking in the mirror . |
| 19 | When he had finished looking in the mirror to put in his buttonhole rose , it was time to go . |
| 20 | Looking in the mirror that was perched precariously on the windowsill , he combed back the hair that hung over his eyes . |
| 21 | I kept looking in the mirror but not , you understand , for traffic . |
| 22 | For the briefest of instants , I was standing up looking in the mirror at the face of a man at the bar … |
| 23 | If you want someone to blame for what happened then try looking in the mirror , Mr Calder — then you 'll see the culprit ! |
| 24 | Refusing to allow herself the indulgence of looking in the mirror and repairing her make-up , she walked slowly back down the hall and opened the door again with trembling hands . |
| 25 | I do n't realise what I look like sometimes until I was exercising , looking in the mirror , god I wish I could remove me chest like , you know , I 'd love to have a , a small chest like |
| 26 | It 's like looking at the mirror in n it ? |
| 27 | But if you look behind the mirror in Harrods 's designer department changing rooms there are piles of security tags . |
| 28 | Then she comes to look into the mirror . |
| 29 | At a time in their lives when self-image is intricately interwoven with feelings about sexuality and identity , young women talk about how they feel when they look in the mirror , and what they feel from the inside , looking out . |
| 30 | But you tend to think that 's what a girl should look like — blonde hair and blue eyes — and then you look in the mirror and you 've got short Afro hair , and that 's when you maybe start thinking that 's the only way to be . |