Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] looking at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In a chair opposite sat Tom who was drinking tea and looking at a book .
2 Some of them have spent more terms in schools than others — which must be borne in mind when looking at the position of an individual pupil — but all those factors even out in the local authorities .
3 There can be no logical distinction between that case and looking at the draft Bill to see that the statute as enacted reproduced , often in the same words , the provision in the Law Commissions 's draft .
4 And , perhaps going back a bit and looking at the history of the last ten years , it is important to realize that we have developed small centres as well as large ones .
5 Setting aside this particular match and looking at the idea on a broader basis , I see a rough ride ahead if the idea spreads .
6 Freedom is found by taking up our abode in the transcendent and looking at the world objectively .
7 He tries putting them behind his back and looking at the floor , smiling reflectively .
8 However , it is first worth rehearsing the basic structure within which the delegation of powers will work under LMS and looking at the basis for teacher involvement that already exists in many schools .
9 She saw a young man squatting on a rucksack , eating a bar of chocolate and looking at the board .
10 This is satisfactory enough , though it is often necessary to perch the tripod on top of a platform or a solid table , as otherwise you will have to be something of a contortionist when looking at an object high in the sky ( incidentally , the same is true of a small refracting telescope ) .
11 Everyone who wants to act professionally should try to see as much drama as they possibly can — and this means in the broadest sense , watching television , cinema , visiting the theatre and looking at the actor 's work carefully and analytically .
12 I 've got to get some sleep , ’ the impresario said , eating a spoonful of caviar and looking at a column about grosses in Variety .
13 There are two small patches to the north of the city and looking at the plan again this morning there 's one small patch
14 She was biting her lip and looking at the ceiling , as if willing herself awake .
15 The only way to view the Chancellor was by scrambling through the neighbouring graveyard and looking at the house across a row of tombstones .
16 After using the probe on the sheep 's belly and looking at the monitor screen , Derek can tell within seconds if a ewe is pregnant .
17 One sees more of the bowl and stem of the Picasso Compotier , for instance , than one would in normal vision if one assumed the same high viewpoint when looking at the top of it ; and the gourd behind is painted as though in silhouette or directly at eye level .
18 When you are actually sort of writing er , say if you are , when you are doing your project or doing your work it 's not just sufficient to say always T ratio is greater than two , therefore , it 's statistically significant , you must calculate the er correct critical value you use , right , for th for each T ratio and also if you are looking at any diagnostics or looking at the significance of the regression which is an F statistic right you must give the five percent or ten percent whichever you choose .
19 ‘ Ah — most unfortunate , ’ he said , standing in the blood-bespattered bathroom of the boarding section and looking at the pool on the floor as if it were a spilt cup of tea .
20 They were sitting in front of the house and looking at the ocean .
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