Example sentences of "[vb past] to look [adv] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , it promised to look again at the case of Canford Heath in Dorset , where a recent court judgement upheld the decision by Poole Borough Council to build houses on the heath in the face of vociferous opposition from conservation groups , led by the World Wide Fund for Nature [ see ED no . |
| 2 | Alexei seemed to look down at the folder in his hand . |
| 3 | The final example is perhaps an unexpected mathematical experience as there is no discussion of the tower itself but rather the child has been carried to the top of the high tower in his imagination and asked to look down at the people below . |
| 4 | A few lengths were produced and these amateurish efforts were seen by a director of Coles who was passing through Braintree and happened to look in at an art exhibition in the Institute . |
| 5 | She thought she saw a movement and turned to look again at a stone figure lying on a tomb . |
| 6 | The leaves on the thorn trees were almost open , and when we turned to look back at the distance we 'd climbed , there were clusters of vivid green that trailed down the hillside and encompassed the village like waterweed . |
| 7 | All turned to look back at the door as the footsteps approached on the flagstones . |
| 8 | He covered seventy yards to gain the partial cover of the shrubbery , flung himself amongst the undergrowth , and turned to look back at the chateau . |
| 9 | They turned to look back at the emptiness they had crossed . |
| 10 | Involuntarily Wycliffe turned to look back at the house on stilts , but it was hidden by a bulge in the slope of the hill … |
| 11 | I do not wish you to violate your oath of secrecy or your conscience but , ’ and he tuned to look eagerly at the Bishop , ‘ with His Lordship 's permission , I would like to take you aside and quietly ask you one question ? |