Example sentences of "[vb past] look at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I avoided looking at the headless pigeon in the gutter . |
| 4 | the situa , perhaps it 's worth outlining how Litchfield came to look at the new settlement option , because it has some relevance to York |
| 5 | One evening Leopold Zborowski , a Polish poet , came to look at the modern paintings exhibited and was immediately taken by Modigliani 's remarkable talent . |
| 6 | He noted given unto a Newlands man who came to look at the supposed Wad Mine at Conistone 5s . " |
| 7 | In the wives ' hostel Jocelyn finished unpacking and turned to look at the other occupant of the room a pleasant woman of thirty five who had introduced herself as Jane Smith . |
| 8 | Laura turned to look at the other woman in astonishment . |
| 9 | It was seventeen years after President Kennedy 's assassination , twelve years since Bobby 's , but the idea was so powerful nobody turned to look at the shattered window or the stunned lad . |
| 10 | She turned to look at the rear clock . |
| 11 | I turned to look at the young man beside me , his long fingered hands resting on the steering wheel . |
| 12 | ‘ I turned to look at the retreating figures of my two friends , feeling unbearably isolated , and went to eat alone in the cafeteria . ’ |
| 13 | " Ah , excuse me , They both turned to look at the winding-stair door , where the small attendant was peeking round the side , most of its body hidden in the twisted darkness beyond . |
| 14 | And , repeating this like a charm : ‘ It was n't me ; it was n't me , ’ she turned to look at the red splashes on the wall . |
| 15 | I decided to look at the local statistics for asthma deaths in West Cumbria from the public health department for the years 1980 to 1989 . |
| 16 | " Do n't be sorry , " he said , " I quite enjoyed it , " She looked up briefly then , smiling uncertainly , as though she did n't believe him , He licked his lips , moved forward , put one hand out and touched hers where it gripped the glass , She kept looking at the empty glass avoiding his face . |
| 17 | Instead , he just kept looking at the American ambassador with what Sullivan describes as 'soulful eyes " . |
| 18 | I returned to Russia recently with my dear friend Ashkenazy and we went to look at the Central School of Music in Moscow , our educational base for so many years , and there it is , a sorry sight of rubble , locked doors and broken windows . |
| 19 | She liked to look at the dreadful toxins through the jewelled prison of their coloured glass bottles : ruby red , peridot green , indigo blue . |
| 20 | Dulé leaned to look at the dark husk that was the old woman 's body ; shadows bound the close air inside the room and he could see her only as a lighter shape . |
| 21 | How lovely she had looked at the early morning Mass . |
| 22 | ‘ None of us could be sure if we would have a job tomorrow ; the uncertainty was preventing us winning new business ; and we had looked at the various companies who were rumoured to be bidding for us and did n't like what we saw . ’ |
| 23 | She had looked at the first lines but now she was n't reading any of it . |
| 24 | In reminding himself that his responsibilities were for the President , he recalled the way that Mariana had looked at the old man that first day when he had met them out on the dock , the President casting for bonefish . |
| 25 | Benny had looked at the cream-coloured blouses and soft pink angora sweaters . |
| 26 | Nobody who had looked at the bald bullet-head and roly-poly self-confidence of the visitor , or heard his folksy repartee , could fail to have been reminded of an American grass roots politician on tour . |
| 27 | ‘ Life has changed , Shama , ’ I said looking at the Japanese thermos on the chair by my bed and the round box of Danish biscuits which I had been given ‘ in case you are hungry in the night ’ . |
| 28 | Consolidation would be little help if one still had to look at the old repealed Acts in order to interpret the new one . |
| 29 | Suddenly , people were suggesting charity records for every tragedy that occurred , and while money was raised for worthwhile causes , such as the survivors of the Bradford City fire or the sunken Herald Of Free Enterprise ferry , one only had to look at the ropier ideas for fund-raising to question the motives involved . |
| 30 | But the notion , once born , firmly took root , refusing to let her settle , and as she wandered aimlessly about the living-room she realised she 'd soon be in danger of going stir-crazy if she had to look at the same four walls much longer . |