Example sentences of "not [verb] look [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Having spent the whole day listening to the contenders , I did not want to look at the list — I felt certain that my name would not appear . |
2 | He walked slowly , not daring to look at the drop on his right and becoming ever more aware of the cold , biting wind and eerie sense of loneliness , as if he hung half way between heaven and earth . |
3 | My hon. Friend talked about the future , but we do not need to look into the crystal ball when we can read the book . |
4 | She did not dare to look over the edge : she did n't want to know how far the water had risen . |
5 | One does not have to look at the report which the hon. Member for Gordon has thrown away with such disdain . |
6 | It must be stressed again that this section of the chapter does not attempt to look at the level and nature of racial discrimination in Britain . |
7 | One of the delights of being on holiday is not having to look at the clock . |
8 | Dersingham did not bother to look at the man . |
9 | I can not understand why , after arriving at Kinghorn , he refused to wait up for his royal master and did not go looking for the King . |
10 | ‘ Now , we can not afford to look beyond the return game with the Belgians and start thinking about Marseille . |
11 | Hatch considered him carefully , not bothering to look at the ID card that Cowley had held out for inspection . |
12 | Like a child who can not bear to look at the cupboard where the witch might live , she stared past the bench and its mummified shape . |
13 | It was funny , in a Lewis Carroll sort of way , and at least the result was passable , if only as a trade magazine , whereas the woman 's magazine had been beyond a joke and she could not bear to look at the end product . |
14 | I 'm really making up bits now , making the picture look how I want it to look — dark on light , light on dark — not forgetting to look in the mirror ! |
15 | They passed the hill , but she did not turn to look at the graveyard . |
16 | mm you bring your book cos you do n't think to look at the card |
17 | ‘ You do n't mind looking after the place for a few days , do you ? ’ |
18 | I ca n't stop looking in the mirror . ’ |
19 | As she talked she did n't stop looking around the room . |
20 | ‘ I should n't have looked at the paper — ’ |
21 | Or perhaps even that he and I together , in as filthy moods as we were , must n't have looked like the sort of people even a policeman should risk messing with . |
22 | " She 'll never be raised again , " and Maurice suggested that Willis would be much better off if he did n't have to look at the wreck of Dreadnought at every low tide . |
23 | ‘ You have n't wanted to look at the barometer in the last four |
24 | Wendy Phillips shows you how on page 30 and do n't forget to look at the countryside in July with Iris Bishop on page 60 . |
25 | Did n't bother to look in the mirror see what on behind . |
26 | ‘ I am sure Marx did not recognize the existence of ghosts , ’ said Bernard , ‘ but please do n't go looking for the reference ; not now ! ’ |