Example sentences of "look [adv prt] on [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood by the large window , looking down on the lights of Leeds . |
| 2 | A stroll in the moonlight by the old St Joseph 's seminary and the lake , and then looking down on the lights of Wigan . |
| 3 | It was rather pathetic , like an ageing colonel looking back on the days of Empire . |
| 4 | To him , even then , it had been history , and it somehow deserved ill-fortune ; in the heedless fashion of the American suburbs it seemed right to look down on the refugees from an old , superstition-riven world . |
| 5 | From where he stood , high up , he could look down on the roofs of the houses . |
| 6 | A result , I ca n't hear myself speaking if I are the policy and resources committee there were other they were erm er in the debate there were some very good cases brought in to it and some erm good recommendations and this is why I 'm surprised I 'm er forget now why , there were some who were er against by majority because I believe that when we look down on the decisions of the P N O , we have made some very good recommendations if I say so it says on twenty , paragraph twenty in and you people on this authority , members of this authority have been saying a a clear definition of the role of the local government now and for the next twenty years , should underpin any consideration of local authority management structures and the role of members and therefore the joint working party 's consideration begin from an inadequate base . |
| 7 | Regrettably , even today , there are a number of health service insiders who feel that they are an exception to these general rules and look down on the ways of industry with the patronizing assurance of those who know that ‘ we are different ’ . |
| 8 | And as he closed the window of his room against the night frost , he was afraid to look out on the hills in case he heard angels sing and the other folk in the home would dismiss the story because of the two , long drawn out drinks he had before sleep closed down another Christmas Day . |
| 9 | Many of the beaches were almost deserted in my early childhood , and to walk on a newly washed shore as the tide receded , and look back on the footsteps in the shining sand was a delight . |
| 10 | It had once been the master bedroom and looked out on the woods to the east . |