Example sentences of "took [adj] look " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six years after the film 's first run , Andrew Sarris in the Village Voice of December 1973 took another look at it . |
| 2 | Miss Emilia Thorne gazed at Willie , stared at Tom and then took another look at Willie . |
| 3 | He took another look around . |
| 4 | Now that she took another look at it , it was a rather insignificant sort of nose on which any pair of spectacles might be expected to slip . |
| 5 | And Jed took another look around and made a face that suggested mild indifference lying over mild disapproval . |
| 6 | He took another look at the note , putting a finger into his mouth and trying to dislodge some irritating morsel of lunch from between his back teeth . |
| 7 | Caroline took another look at the mirror . |
| 8 | When I got home my dad took one look at it and said , you look like a bleeding nancy boy . |
| 9 | He took one look at them and said , what are those blokes doing here ? |
| 10 | As soon as we arrived , the bass player , Paul ‘ Bassman ’ Riley , took one look at us and came over with a proposition . |
| 11 | The surgeon took one look at my eyes and said , bluntly : ‘ Well , they 're a right mess , are n't they ? ’ . |
| 12 | Charles took one look at the proffered platitudes , which he knew to be absurd , and set about writing an alternative . |
| 13 | He took one look at it and said to her , ‘ Jean , I think you should scrap the idea that Christ is the answer . |
| 14 | He took one look at her — and he off . |
| 15 | Took one look , thought , even if we have a prodigy , never get in . |
| 16 | Bernal took one look at it : ‘ Of course , ’ he said , ‘ of course that 's how they must have done it . ’ |
| 17 | The police arrived , took one look and called the fire brigade . |
| 18 | A fire crew arrived , took one look and summoned an ambulance . |
| 19 | Miss Jarman took one look , then said : ‘ In the kitchen . ’ |
| 20 | Linda took one look at Jed and went on polishing the glass . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Isobel took one look at them and telephoned Edouard . |
| 23 | Isobel took one look at his face , and kept silent . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | When the Quins arrived at Sudbury at midday they took one look at the pitch and declined to play . |
| 27 | Dale Gordon set foot in Scotland for the first time in his life yesterday to complete a £1.2 million move from Norwich to Rangers — took one look at the imposing new-look Ibrox which will become his home and admitted : ‘ I 'm gobsmacked ! ’ |
| 28 | She came down with the baby in her arms , took one look at Vincent , and burst into tears . |
| 29 | Cautious and practical , he took one look at the situation and advised Vincent to get out at once , while he still had a shirt on his back . |
| 30 | The ground Hostess took one look at our tickets and told us that a gentleman was waiting to speak to us . |