Example sentences of "look at the old [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 EMMA PEARCE looks at the old master of mediums and examines the products available for the discerning painter .
2 EMMA PEARCE looks at the old master of mediums and examines the products available for the discerning painter .
3 In reminding himself that his responsibilities were for the President , he recalled the way that Mariana had looked at the old man that first day when he had met them out on the dock , the President casting for bonefish .
4 ‘ Hello , ’ she said , looking at the old man .
5 And in a whisper , ‘ Perhaps she ’ , looking at the old lady , ‘ would like one too ? ’
6 " We should n't need to ask it anything , not if that 's the right answer , " Quiss said , looking at the old woman .
7 Well look at the old lady that walks past here at ninety one !
8 Look at the old oak walls of this room , sir .
9 There are three further surprises for us as we look at the Old Testament teaching about the Spirit of God .
10 I do n't know , you can look at the old Telegraph and see if it 's , the Telegraph I got on Thursday night or Friday night
11 She did not look at the old man , so she failed to see the shrewd yet kindly glance he gave her .
12 In the daytime you can come back and look at the Old State House we 're coming up to and see the cobblestones which mark the place where blood was shed in the great Boston Massacre .
13 ‘ It is n't the weather for sightseeing , but he might care to look at the old Adlon hotel . ’
14 Then he looked at the old eagle again and shaking his head said , ‘ During the last war when I was a prisoner I knew men who were nearer to death than this and yet by some force of will or perhaps some power greater than us they survived .
15 He was trying to joke but he was unable to smile as he looked at the old cow .
16 Mike pushed the papers back across the desk and looked at the Old Man , who raised his eyebrows questioningly .
17 I looked at the old man calmly sitting on his mat and hated him , knowing — knowing myself — that nothing would come of this .
18 ‘ You 're proud of it , are n't you , Aged ? ’ said Wemmick , his face losing all its usual hardness as he looked at the old man .
19 Monks hesitated and looked at the old man , but Mr Brownlow 's expression was so serious and determined that the younger man realized it was pointless to protest .
20 She looked at the old man .
21 Conway looked at the old man and felt afraid .
22 Karen looked at the old man and for a moment she saw something cold and frightening in his smiling eyes .
23 He looked at the old man , peering darkly under his down-drawn brows ; and there was one who would have questioned and writhed and wondered , pondering long before he would have given any answer , and then , most likely , regretting the answer he had given , whatever it chanced to be .
24 Brown looked at the old man .
25 Blake looked at the old man .
26 Fingers across the map to retrace their journey — from the New Inn they went to the English chapel , walked to the shore , saw the Marischal College , were welcomed at the Town House , viewed Old Aberdeen , looked at the Old College , visited the King 's College where Sir Alexander Gordon was professor of Medicine , and visited two bookshops .
27 The child stared towards it as if in recognition of something held in memory ; then she turned and looked at the old woman , who was sitting on the couch unlacing her boots , and she said , ‘ You have a garden . ’
28 Now , as he looked at the old woman , his expression became soft , almost tender .
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