Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] to look at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to look at the scenery . |
| 2 | I stopped to look at the shore . |
| 3 | ‘ We toured the Transport Museum , ’ said Peter , ‘ and Alexander Karaulov and I stopped to look at the autogyro on display . |
| 4 | ‘ I came to look at the gravestone . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The most extraordinary thing happened , ’ he explained , ‘ I was sitting here ( at his desk in Kensington palace ) , and I happened to look at the bookshelf , and my eyes settled on a book about Paracelsus . |
| 6 | On reading the Echo report I had to look at the top of the page to make certain that the date was June 1st and not April 1st . |
| 7 | I saw it erm I ran it — I ca n't remember why I was running it , oh I think I wanted to look at an actor erm , oh no , it was at a festival and I had to sit through it and I was very disappointed in it , I found it slow and rather obvious and erm a little lacking in bite . |
| 8 | In a Panorama documentary on Monday night , Tim 's father Colin will say : ‘ I wanted to look at the man , to hear his voice and to ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA . |
| 9 | ‘ We indicated we would be interested to talk to Gerry Adams , because I wanted to look at the man and hear his voice and ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA . |
| 10 | ‘ We indicated we would be interested to talk to Gerry Adams , because I wanted to look at the man and hear his voice and ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Then she turned to look at the Frenchman and spoke softly in his language . |
| 13 | She turned to look at the registrar as he strode smiling into the room , and her bemused expression must have registered . |
| 14 | Who , she wondered , as she went to look at the kitchen , had kept the house in such perfect order ? |
| 15 | ‘ It was very time-consuming — you had to look at the jockey , horse and trainer 's charts . |
| 16 | ‘ You wanted to look at the letter Jenny Connon received the day before yesterday . |
| 17 | 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 ! |
| 18 | And instead of seeing it as something God had ordained , we began to look at the exploitation of the poor by the rich in a political way , but using Christian concepts . |
| 19 | It was then we found out who oc , who was the occupant of that flat then we started to look at the connection between and . |
| 20 | ‘ Because an objection was raised we decided to look at the matter again , ’ said Reg Pyne , assistant registrar , standards and ethics . |
| 21 | ‘ I know , because one day when we went to look at the airport I saw water on the other side , by the road . |
| 22 | As we passed over the Thames we paused to look at a steamer unloading great slabs of white and brown marble . |
| 23 | So any feature analyser would have to deal with context so therefore they started to look at the role of context and we 're gon na look at contextual effects later on , probably next week or the week after . |
| 24 | They went to look at the jewellery piled on a table on the far side of the courtyard . |
| 25 | Edouard was on horseback ; he stopped to look at the child , who was about eight or nine years old , and exceptionally beautiful . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He bent to look at the fastening , then picked up one of the white stones and struck ; the glass tinkled thinly , a horrible sound . |
| 28 | When he came to look at the poem Miss Gilberd had intended to teach , Toby rather wondered at her judgement . |
| 29 | He turned to look at the clock . |
| 30 | And at that moment , as he turned to look at the girl again with a glint of admiration in his eyes , Ronni was aware of a reaction deep inside her . |