Example sentences of "look back at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Docklands beer festival fades from view , Martyn Cornell looks back at the sad demise of brewing in the Cockney heartland |
| 2 | Looking back at the stormy relationship of a few years ago , he realised how much she had mellowed . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Tsu Ma turned , looking back at the young man . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Luke shrugged eloquently , his eyes like dark , dreamy pools of liquid as he favoured Fran with a lingering look before looking back at the older woman . |
| 7 | He levelled off about ten feet above the ground and banked as he climbed , looking back at the red flag . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Looking back at the tangled web of confused events we can see that the answer had already emerged . |
| 10 | He left the convent with Amsterdam , not turning to look back at the ancient pile . |
| 11 | It may be questioned whether this change achieves very much of a practical nature since ( a ) one still needs to look back at the common law of detinue to determine what constitutes the new form of conversion and ( b ) there still survive two torts of interference with property which have a considerable overlap with conversion , i.e . |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman should look back at the Labour party 's record in government before he starts to criticise ours . |
| 13 | I like certain things ragged right for example , or fairly simple pages , but erm you can look back at the sixteenth century and find extremely simple pages , you know it 's not a modern idea and the thing is that most of the eddies and currents of popular graphic design are little stylistic exclusions that never go anywhere . |
| 14 | He did n't look back at the sudden commotion behind him and , when a shadow passed over him , merely gibbered weakly and tried to burrow into the horse 's mane . |
| 15 | Rachaela made herself look back at the white face of her child . |
| 16 | Crossing the bridge , look back at the romantic view of the palaces backing on to the canal . |
| 17 | I look back at the old woman , marvelling at Enid and Philip for finding her interesting enough to talk about . |
| 18 | If we look back at the previous example of the combustion of methane , we see that the enthalpy term was far larger than the entropy term . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , Dr Markham , I was , ’ she nodded then looked back at the other man . |
| 20 | Now , as the throbbing drone of the aircraft 's engines broke through her dark memories , and she wearily attempted to make herself more comfortable in her seat , Laura almost groaned aloud when she looked back at the total innocence and naïveté of her much younger self . |
| 21 | We looked back at the crumbling house . |
| 22 | He turned and looked back at the half-covered clinic , at the low exposed walls of the animal house . |
| 23 | Meredith looked back at the heaving throng on the shop floor . |
| 24 | Wistfully , I looked back at the haunting beauty of the well . |
| 25 | PARISHIONERS and clergy looked back at the past year on Sunday when Headley 's annual vestry and parish meetings were held at the Church Centre . |
| 26 | The Duke looked back at the Prussian message . |
| 27 | Nanny stood on the bridge that spanned the ornamental lake and looked back at the beautiful house that had been her home for the last thirty years . |