Example sentences of "he [vb past] [not/n't] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried not to look at the screens . |
| 2 | Since he did not exhibit at the big Salons his name may not have been as well known to the general public as those of Matisse and Derain , who in the previous years had emerged as the most important and controversial figures in the Fauve movement , but there were a large number of people who believed in his genius . |
| 3 | For whatever reason he did not stop at the Fish — which he had visited on several occasions ; nor did he seek out or meet Mary whom he knew and greatly admired . |
| 4 | He did not look at the woman who passed him in the hallway . |
| 5 | He did not look at the still bowing surveyors as he spoke , but at Alexei . |
| 6 | He did not look at the keys . |
| 7 | The hon. Member for Northampton , North ( Mr. Marlow ) has some interesting ways of looking at the problem , but he did not look at the fact that there are proven ways of taking young people who have committed offences and giving them a chance to confront their criminality . |
| 8 | He did not look at the girl by his side , who was almost as tall as himself ; but he went on talking as she tapped her racquet against the netting . |
| 9 | Terry Heneaghan , Pittencrieff 's chief executive , said he did not look at the deal in terms of oil or gas production and reserves which would be acquired , but rather in terms of cash flow which could be generated for his company by rationalising operations of the two companies in parts of the US where they both have interests . |
| 10 | He did n't look at the telephone again . |
| 11 | He did n't look at the boy but stared instead at a potted palm withering in its tub beside the grand piano on the rostrum . |
| 12 | His three spinster daughters , whom he had not registered at the parish church in any way , were all baptised as adults at Badcox . |
| 13 | McKenzie had told him that he had not looked at the videos or magazines for some years before the assault and felt they played no part in his behaviour . |
| 14 | He had not known at the time that they were officers of the law . |
| 15 | Yet , given time , he could roll back any given scene like a film and look at it again , stopping and starting the images at will , examining areas and details that he had n't noticed at the time . |
| 16 | He had been through it before and had already told the Captain he was sure that was the car , though he had n't looked at the driver and front passenger , having been distracted by the map and by watching the traffic coming from all three directions because he wanted to cross over . |
| 17 | He resolved not to look at the ground again until he felt his 'chute open . |