Example sentences of "[vb past] look at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Reading was difficult for me , especially when it involved looking at the chalkboard , and I soon found myself being classed as ‘ thick ’ . |
2 | He bent to look at the fastening , then picked up one of the white stones and struck ; the glass tinkled thinly , a horrible sound . |
3 | I tried to look at the scenery . |
4 | She tried to look at the thing calmly and sensibly , tried not to be aware of Deana and Sarah whispering at a table only a few yards distant , but felt too hurt and shocked to be rational . |
5 | Edouard was on horseback ; he stopped to look at the child , who was about eight or nine years old , and exceptionally beautiful . |
6 | If only one stopped to look at the shape of the garment and the stitch used , it might well be just what we have been looking for ! |
7 | She stopped to look at the two houses , Brier and Rose , like identical twins wearing slightly different clothing so that one could tell them apart . |
8 | If people stopped to look at the borders alongside the house he would be perfectly charming ; if they did n't he would n't bother them . |
9 | He stopped to look at the house and saw below it , on the shore , a large rectangular basin which seemed to have been blasted out of the rock at the foot of the cliff . |
10 | ‘ We toured the Transport Museum , ’ said Peter , ‘ and Alexander Karaulov and I stopped to look at the autogyro on display . |
11 | I stopped to look at the shore . |
12 | ‘ What happened , ’ says an attendant parent , ‘ is that our defence stopped to look at the train . |
13 | we went to Trafalgar Square and we stopped to look at the pigeons and we 'd moved on and I , I suddenly realised I had n't got Vicky with me , so I looked all round , could n't see him , had to go right back to Trafalgar Square and he was still looking at the pigeons |
14 | After discussion with the therapist , Tony agreed to start searching for another job more systematically ; he proposed to look at the local newspapers twice a week for possible job vacancies . |
15 | She paused in front of Barnes and Noble and pretended to look at the book display in the window . |
16 | They say that it wes the different claes that done it — the way the butler dressed — an it hed looked at the claes an taen a bad wey o the claes . |
17 | Dr Neil avoided looking at a bridling McAllister , particularly when Mrs Darrell went on to say , still in the same shriek , ‘ Hope she 's honest , Neil . |
18 | I avoided looking at the headless pigeon in the gutter . |
19 | I avoided looking at the thermometer . |
20 | He 'd looked at the sheet of newspaper with the long-necked figures and the rough lines , and had seen the type underneath and its story about a car bomb in the city centre . |
21 | I doubt if he 'd , I mean if he 'd looked at the constitution it was only a constitution , it was oh yes , that 's their constitution . |
22 | Er is I 'd looked at the using their machine build which I 've built in , |
23 | ‘ I never ate looking at the back of somebody 's head before , ’ Goldie muses . |
24 | The recession has exacerbated this problem to such an extent that the Metropolitan Police has a Fraud Squad division detailed to look at the issue . |
25 | Beryl chatted with one or two of the bystanders then lingered to look at the cards on the wreaths and this annoyed Francis . |
26 | One evening Leopold Zborowski , a Polish poet , came to look at the modern paintings exhibited and was immediately taken by Modigliani 's remarkable talent . |
27 | Dr Hunter came to look at the neck and shoulders . |
28 | When prospective buyers came to look at the house , which happened more and more frequently , they stayed out of the way until they had gone . |
29 | ‘ I came to look at the gravestone . ’ |
30 | He noted given unto a Newlands man who came to look at the supposed Wad Mine at Conistone 5s . " |