Example sentences of "i [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 . |