Example sentences of "looking back at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back at the works of Marx and Engels so far examined we can see that these leave a fairly clear picture concerning some topics , and major uncertainties concerning others . |
| 2 | ‘ Look , ’ said his Mum looking back at the house . |
| 3 | Looking back at the Hayward Gallery showing of Black ( male ) work in '89 , it is obvious that it is still vital for Blackwomen Artists to organise together or we will simply be written out of history once again . |
| 4 | Somehow , after half an hour , I was at the top looking back at the sign which warned ‘ Rapide Descente 300 metres ’ . |
| 5 | Jack paused indecisively , looking back at the Glory and wondering if there was any connection between its abandoned state and the mysterious figures on the hill . |
| 6 | Looking back at the stormy relationship of a few years ago , he realised how much she had mellowed . |
| 7 | ‘ But I ca n't resist looking back at the history of rock and having this addiction to the great pop music that 's been made , whether it 's T-Rex or Blondie . |
| 8 | William Gallacher , looking back at the activity of the Women 's Peace Crusade in Glasgow at the end of 1917 , put the same point : ‘ … if you have the women with you there are no heights to which you can not rise . ’ |
| 9 | He turned and stood looking back at the house . |
| 10 | Looking back at the variety of studies conducted on plants in the little field at Henfaes , I feel little temptation to explain the behaviour of organisms within it as perfectly fitted for adaptive optima in an ideally evolved ecosystem . |
| 11 | Viewing a property for sale many years ago , I remember standing in the garden , close to the rear fence , looking back at the house . |
| 12 | Looking back at the crowd at the foot of the great stone double staircase , she suddenly caught sight of the familiar blonde head of her daughter and called the nursemaid , who was holding her up to get a better view of all the excitement , to bring her over . |
| 13 | Looking back at the tangled web of confused events we can see that the answer had already emerged . |
| 14 | Looking back at the face of the bank , they could see that it was in fact dotted thickly with martins ' holes . |
| 15 | Looking back at the town of Lourdes from the esplanade , you have an excellent view of its one historical monument : the fortress , set high on a rock above the river . |
| 16 | But by looking back at the archaic phase of Greek history and forward to later autocrats , as we have done with the Sicilian tyrants , we can remind ourselves that the democratic interludes of Greek history were not merely short but untypical — in Syracuse , Macedon , Cyrene and satrapal Asia Minor one-man rule was normal for much of the period 479–323 BC . |
| 17 | You may , looking back at the stories about those two ( and you should have read them , twice over ) think they are no more than high old eccentrics bright enough to solve intriguing cases . |
| 18 | Like the being able to slip out of his own head and stand in a corner , hang on the ceiling , terrifyingly , silent-screamingly BE SOMEWHERE ELSE , looking back at the body left behind . |
| 19 | Looking back at the decade of 1965–75 , which Bacon and Eltis consider critical for the economic health of the country , one can see that there was no shortage of labour because unemployment increased during this period . |
| 20 | He turned his head , looking back at the six T'ang standing amongst the pillars , watching him . |
| 21 | Looking back at the bell-box Sorvino was tempted to find a half-brick and try to put it out , but that would be fun and not duty . |
| 22 | Tsu Ma turned , looking back at the young man . |
| 23 | He smiled , looking back at the craft . |
| 24 | She shivered , looking back at the horse , her hand resting in its mane , then lowered her head slightly . |
| 25 | ‘ So what do we do ? ’ asked Jimmy , looking back at the cabinet where it was wedged tight at the office door . |
| 26 | Donna slid behind the wheel of the Volvo and sat there for a moment , looking back at the ruins . |
| 27 | In fact , looking back at the affair , the only thing which stood out unequivocal and substantial was my great whitebound digit which had hovered constantly over the scene , almost taking on a personality and significance of its own . |
| 28 | So , too , the third of them , Stevens , who stood to one side , looking back at the wall-length window and its view of the great circle of the spaceport 's landing apron . |
| 29 | And then , looking back at the pictures — sharp , full of insight , yet somehow slightly flashy — he wondered whether , indirectly , they did n't give him the best notion he yet had got of Walter Machin himself . |
| 30 | You could see the prisoners looking back at the two bodies in the centre of the carnage ; there was a lot of blood now , spreading in pools . |