Example sentences of "[vb past] not look at the " in BNC.

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1 He tried not to look at the screens .
2 She tried not to look at the easy , mutual affection of Finn , Francie and the dumb woman .
3 Melanie had not been down to the work-room since her very first morning ; she tried not to look at the partially assembled puppets , hanged and dismembered , on the walls .
4 She tried not to look at the glass on the pink marble top of the wash-stand , empty , a sticky red stain at the bottom .
5 I did not look at the rest of it , deliberately .
6 She did not look at the old man , so she failed to see the shrewd yet kindly glance he gave her .
7 The EAT did not look at the offer of new terms in the abstract but in the light of the company 's financial difficulties .
8 He did not look at the woman who passed him in the hallway .
9 He did not look at the still bowing surveyors as he spoke , but at Alexei .
10 Cyril did not look at the cows .
11 Nicholson caught the note of sarcasm in the other man 's voice but he did not turn , did not look at the visitor .
12 They came in but did not look at the cups .
13 He did not look at the keys .
14 Coffin did not look at the severed hands , where he imagined the signs of a fight would show .
15 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 .
16 We did not look at the histological correlate of the inflammatory mediators as for ethical reasons we did not perform sigmoidoscopy and rectal biopsy .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 I did n't look at the denomination but there was no doubt it would have been high .
20 He did n't look at the telephone again .
21 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 .
22 She did n't look at the portrait often .
23 If you w u unfortunately we did n't look at the financial commentary as the first item .
24 Levi did n't look at the leaderboard from the 7th hole until he was on the fairway at the 13th , when he noticed he held a two-shot lead .
25 Except er I , I mean I 'd say that the income funds actually performed quite well , if you did n't look at the capital value .
26 Are n't they funny when they look , we did n't look at the yoghurt pots did we ?
27 but when I was eleven years old I did n't look at the sixth form and do jus just because they were doing something I wanted to do it , I might have admired them but if they were smoking that would n't make me want to smoke .
28 He resolved not to look at the ground again until he felt his 'chute open .
29 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 .
30 Rufus had not looked at the picture for years .
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