Example sentences of "had [adv] look at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a few managers , probably because of the pressure of work , had only looked at the business plan the night before . ’ |
| 2 | It brought both of the Lorrimores to their feet in an incredulous rush , but they had only to look at the faces crowding behind her to know it was true . |
| 3 | I had only to look at the farmer 's face to know that the cow was worse . |
| 4 | Anybody who believes that Yugoslavia could be dealt with as Saddam Hussein 's Iraq was dealt with had better look at the terrain . |
| 5 | McKenzie had told him that he had not looked at the videos or magazines for some years before the assault and felt they played no part in his behaviour . |
| 6 | Rufus had not looked at the picture for years . |
| 7 | It would be surprising if Tolkien had not looked at the calm face of Tollund Man , or the hideously frightened one of ‘ Queen Gunhild ’ ( all too obviously still struggling as she was pinned down alive ) , and reflected that these were the true lineaments of his pagan ancestors . |
| 8 | If they had just looked at the laws governing slavery , as had done both their contemporaries and more recent social scientists , they would have been unable to distinguish between slavery as a minor and rare form of exploitation , on the one hand , supplying occasional domestic and sexual luxuries , and slavery as the basis of whole economies , on the other hand , where most of production is carried out by slave labour . |
| 9 | He admitted that this was the first time he had really looked at the stoma and that he found the appearance and the smell rather offensive . |
| 10 | Till this moment she had n't looked at the river . |
| 11 | He had been through it before and had already told the Captain he was sure that was the car , though he had n't looked at the driver and front passenger , having been distracted by the map and by watching the traffic coming from all three directions because he wanted to cross over . |
| 12 | In 1972–3 three pilot projects covering Sunderland , Oldham and Rotherham had earlier looked at the issues concerned with a ‘ total approach ’ to urban management . |