Example sentences of "take [num] look " in BNC.
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| 1 | She takes one look at Gisela and has her fringe cut too . |
| 2 | anyway and everybody just takes one look at it and after everybody in the house has taken one look at it it gets thrown in the bin , if it lasts that long . |
| 3 | He takes one look at it and the next thing is he 's shouting . |
| 4 | Goldie takes one look at Rainbow 's shaggy ankles and sighs ; Rainbow says that if she has to wear tights or stockings , we might as well forget the whole damned thing . |
| 5 | But perhaps it would not come , after all , perhaps they would take one look at Mrs Thorne and refuse her admittance into a ward of lunatic old ladies . |
| 6 | ‘ Julius will take one look at you and wonder why he ever bothered to kiss you last night . ’ |
| 7 | They 'll take one look at my clothes and know I 'm as poor as a church mouse . ’ |
| 8 | They 're gon na take one look at you and run the other way ! |
| 9 | Taking one look at the swaying Wayne , he yelled at Frances to ring Phil Bagley , the vet . |
| 10 | There was n't much space along here , and he could no longer rely on people taking one look and then getting out of his way because there was nowhere for them to go . |
| 11 | For his abrupt switch to English had come after taking one look at her knitted hat , cheap raincoat and brogues . |
| 12 | When I got home my dad took one look at it and said , you look like a bleeding nancy boy . |
| 13 | He took one look at them and said , what are those blokes doing here ? |
| 14 | As soon as we arrived , the bass player , Paul ‘ Bassman ’ Riley , took one look at us and came over with a proposition . |
| 15 | The surgeon took one look at my eyes and said , bluntly : ‘ Well , they 're a right mess , are n't they ? ’ . |
| 16 | Charles took one look at the proffered platitudes , which he knew to be absurd , and set about writing an alternative . |
| 17 | He took one look at it and said to her , ‘ Jean , I think you should scrap the idea that Christ is the answer . |
| 18 | He took one look at her — and he off . |
| 19 | Took one look , thought , even if we have a prodigy , never get in . |
| 20 | Bernal took one look at it : ‘ Of course , ’ he said , ‘ of course that 's how they must have done it . ’ |
| 21 | The police arrived , took one look and called the fire brigade . |
| 22 | A fire crew arrived , took one look and summoned an ambulance . |
| 23 | Miss Jarman took one look , then said : ‘ In the kitchen . ’ |
| 24 | Linda took one look at Jed and went on polishing the glass . |
| 25 | Christian accompanied him once to Ireland to watch a new filly run , took one look through the field-glasses , announced he was already dying of boredom , and departed to look at paintings . |
| 26 | Isobel took one look at them and telephoned Edouard . |
| 27 | Isobel took one look at his face , and kept silent . |
| 28 | The pathetic , skinny dog was scratching around the dustbin searching for the slightest bit of food , until she took one look at me and shot off with her tail between her legs . |
| 29 | Tempy took one look at her mistress as she clung to the door handle , her back bent under the pain , and tugged on the bell-pull . |
| 30 | When the Quins arrived at Sudbury at midday they took one look at the pitch and declined to play . |