Example sentences of "attention back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been impossible to thwart him under the glare of media attention back at the restaurant , and she was still trying to decide how to deal with the situation if he wanted to come in with her when they reached her apartment — and she knew he would want to . |
| 2 | The publication by Lobachevsky in 1829 of a consistent ( non-Euclidean ) geometry , in which Euclid 's parallel postulate is denied , should perhaps have turned mathematicians ' attention back to a study of axioms , especially as it had long been appreciated that Euclid 's use of the axiomatic method was , to say the least , inconsistent ( [ 106 ] contains stronger views . ) |
| 3 | The doctor turned his attention back to the carving . |
| 4 | Finally , Bella glanced at her , but then turned her attention back to the screen again . |
| 5 | Evelyn took up the pen and wrote her name quickly , then looked up at Miss Harker who gave her the briefest of nods and immediately turned her attention back to the rest of the company . |
| 6 | Then when the social worker turned her attention back to the traffic , Gilly carefully spread the gum under the handle of the left-hand door as a sticky surprise for the next person who might try to open it . |
| 7 | Maggie quickly brought her attention back to the cross-eyed girl and forgot all about the young man . |
| 8 | The car lurched towards the far side of the road and her mother anxiously wrenched it back on course , then turned her attention back to the dash and at last flipped the switch which folded the roof down . |
| 9 | A crash on the stairs and a thumping on the door opposite jerks her attention back to the lavatory door which badly needs repainting . |
| 10 | Connors shrugged , and turned his attention back to the tape recorder . |
| 11 | He glanced quickly across to check on Delaney and Nell , and was turning his attention back to the others , when he frowned . |
| 12 | After he had left , Major Tzann turned his attention back to the pile of papers and correspondence on his desk . |
| 13 | It was our unclouded commitment to women , and greater insistence that the fundamentals of sexism should be tackled without compromise , that brought youth service attention back to the young women who for decades had been excluded by boys and men . |
| 14 | Even before Juron ordered the targeting of the Titan that had been touched by the vortex implosion , Lexandro wrenched his attention back to the immediate peril . |
| 15 | This is the reason why in recent years theorists have turned their attention back to the question of the historicity of historical understanding , to its status as interpretation , representation or narrative , and , more radically , to the problem of temporality as such . |
| 16 | Whitlock turned his attention back to the barbecue and prodded each chop with a steak knife to find out if they were properly cooked . |
| 17 | Rosie lost sight of it when it disappeared behind a cardboard box and she turned her attention back to the door . |
| 18 | Hazel was watching Fiver as he took in the sight of the field , when Buckthorn drew his attention back to the foot of the slope . |
| 19 | ‘ God give me strength , ’ he yelled , instantly turning his attention back to the younger man who stood before him , and whose woebegone expression would have been comical were it not so pitiful . |
| 20 | He turned his attention back to the screen . |
| 21 | Ben stared at his father momentarily , then turned his attention back to the T'ang . |
| 22 | Then , without waiting for an answer , turned his attention back to the boar , which had begun to slam its shoulder into one of the pens . |
| 23 | Then she turned her attention back to the painting . |
| 24 | He glanced at her quickly , then turned his attention back to the road . |
| 25 | Luke had turned his attention back to the other women , and none of them had attention to spare for anyone but him . |
| 26 | A horrible weakness seemed to have invaded her limbs and it took a supreme effort to drag her attention back to the conversation . |
| 27 | Felipe de Santis nodded and gave his attention back to the flight . |
| 28 | Turning his attention back to the sea of faces crowding the corridor on either side of him , he addressed them firmly , injecting his voice with a confidence he did n't feel in order to reassure them . |
| 29 | The urgent blare of his car horn drew their attention back to the sheriff 's tall figure . |
| 30 | Grunte , whose attention had been momentarily distracted by the sight of Amaranth on the front page , switched his attention back to the telephone . |