Example sentences of "as [pers pn] look [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 As I looked at the few stones that remained of the castle , I learned from the magazine that the Irish-built castle of the local kings , the O'Rourkes , had once towered over the local countryside .
2 As I looked at the magnificent vehicle I could not help thinking of the historical ‘ Experiment ’ of the Stockton and Darlington Railway , or of the Exhibition excursions of 1851 , when the GW nailed rough boards across their permanent way trucks at Didcot to accommodate their third class passengers !
3 I turned round , half-expecting to hear a giggle , a rather inane giggle ; and then as I looked at the thick shadowy scrub near the gate , and remembered the grim reference to Prospero , a more sinister explanation came to me .
4 For example , that the images that I now call up in my mind as I look at the front door of my house , this is something quite real , but it 's real in a much more radically different , in a radically different sense , there 's a , somehow a radically difference in the kind of reality which that image enjoys , to the reality that that bottle enjoys .
5 As I look at the shabby , commercialised and demoralised society in which I write I am more convinced than ever that the political analysis on which I was brought up was right .
6 As you look at the above diagram of the learning cycle you may well be saying to yourself ‘ Is that all there is to it ?
7 As you look at the fine architecture of this cell , keep in mind the fact that all that complexity is repeated 125 million times in each retina .
8 Jenny told herself , as she looked through the fine big annual .
9 Venice was unique , unforgettable , breathtaking in all its various moods , Luce thought as she looked over the calm water to the pale marble buildings lining the banks .
10 ‘ Delicious , ’ Clare said feebly as she looked into the smiling face and aquamarine eyes of her son .
11 And her eyes too shone as she looked at the two men sitting there .
12 As she looked at the tiny bundle she said drily : ‘ Thank goodness he has n't got ears like his father . ’
13 As she looked at the vast and busy canvas , Miss Hatherby sensed she was finding it difficult to take in and said , ‘ You know Constance , you can not look at a painting with the same eyes as you stare down Chollerton High Street .
14 Lucy , all this time , was still sitting on the verandah surrounded by her cartridge-making tools and weeping bitterly as she looked at the neat rows of cartridges she had made and which were no longer needed .
15 Jessamy allowed her voice to become deliberately sympathetic as she looked at the older woman .
16 Clearly he had not been content to wait , and as she looked at the hard , handsome face she knew he was furiously angry , only good manners holding back the words that were obviously uppermost in his mind .
17 As she looked at the soft golden panelling , more of which emerged every day , the pleasure of her victory washed over Sara anew .
18 ‘ I fully expected to see a hangar out there and there was n't one ’ , lamented Kermit as we looked through the many pictures he had brought with him to the Reno Air Races .
19 They should be borne in mind as we look at the final symptom of this ‘ strange rise ’ : the dispersal of the libraries , and the libraries themselves caught in this downward spiral .
20 There are three further surprises for us as we look at the Old Testament teaching about the Spirit of God .
21 Who but the lunatic fringe thinks colour is the issue now — as we look at the decaying bones of our great compassionate nation , gnawed by whining , idle , dirty , anti-social rats of all colours … ’
22 ‘ I 'm afraid stocks are still pathetically low , ’ Louise said as they looked at the half dozen dresses that were the only ones the assistant had in Constance 's size .
23 Klift spoke for all of them as they looked around the sloping entranceway .
24 I see ( and Summerchild sees ) the young provincial historian becoming even more silent and preoccupied than Summerchild himself as they look at the worn carpets and unoccupied chairs .
25 So , many leading-edge manufacturers are searching for ways to enhance their workers ' capabilities and improve labour relations , even as they look to the new technology to cut labour costs as well . ’
26 Rain swilled and foamed in its open mouth as it looked at the churning black clouds and the eruptions of fractured lightning .
27 He knew he would do it all again , because as he looked across the manicured lawns , the buildings shrouded now in darkness but soon to be brilliant in the blazing sunlight , the scene embodied all his dreams .
28 Kress stopped as he looked at the blued muzzle of the .38 .
29 ‘ You 're proud of it , are n't you , Aged ? ’ said Wemmick , his face losing all its usual hardness as he looked at the old man .
30 He was trying to joke but he was unable to smile as he looked at the old cow .
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