Example sentences of "[not/n't] look at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not look at the girl by his side , who was almost as tall as himself ; but he went on talking as she tapped her racquet against the netting . |
| 2 | I did not look at the rest of it , deliberately . |
| 3 | His message is : If you want to understanding knowing , remembering , hoping , and so on , do not look at whatever experiences may go with the use of the words ‘ know ’ , ‘ remember ’ , ‘ hope ’ , do not look at the phenomena ; look , instead , at the transactions of language , look at the grammar of the expressions ‘ I know ’ , ‘ I remember ’ , ‘ I hope ’ , look at what is done with these expressions . |
| 4 | They came in but did not look at the cups . |
| 5 | As is usual in such cases the myth seems to be somewhat remote from the historical facts but , for what it is worth , Wilberforce is supposed to have remarked that : " Whatever certain people might believe he would not look at the monkeys in the Zoological Gardens as connected with his ancestors ' , to which Huxley replied : " I would rather be descended from an ape than a bishop " , which has merits as repartee but is hardly a contribution to science . |
| 6 | Mr Scully adds that security considerations may limit what data an individual can look at — London , for instance , can not look at the accounts specific to Hong Kong . |
| 7 | It has been observed that two out of three fiction readers in libraries do not look at the text of a book before choosing it . |
| 8 | He did not look at the keys . |
| 9 | Now the one thing that I think is important is that one can not look at the problems of any given society in the world in isolation from the rest of the world as a whole , and in particular , in the case of underdeveloped countries , their problems are very much linked to the situations that take place in the developed countries . |
| 10 | Dr Johnson would not look at the bones . |
| 11 | If you intend to climb a mountain , you do not look at the foothills and worry ; you keep your eyes fixed on the summit , and that way , if you are very lucky and very determined , you may achieve it . |
| 12 | Donald Unwin , chief engineer at the association 's Testing and Research Laboratory , said ‘ Many manufacturers just do not look at the problem through the eyes of the Third World countries . |
| 13 | Cyril did not look at the cows . |
| 14 | The EAT did not look at the offer of new terms in the abstract but in the light of the company 's financial difficulties . |
| 15 | Most of all , he must not look at the food on his plate . |
| 16 | ‘ Firstly , at its most mundane level , you will not look at the world through a narrow tunnel of perception . |
| 17 | I do not look at the rocks and trees , I am frightened of what they see . |
| 18 | My Lord I 'm more than happy to for your Lordship not to not look at the details of the accountant 's evidence at this stage a and concentrate on the witness statements and the documentation which which deals with liability matters . |
| 19 | Nicholson caught the note of sarcasm in the other man 's voice but he did not turn , did not look at the visitor . |
| 20 | Although the other judges would not look at the assessors ' lists , Burn met them at the hall and compared his list of preferences to theirs . |
| 21 | Terry Heneaghan , Pittencrieff 's chief executive , said he did not look at the deal in terms of oil or gas production and reserves which would be acquired , but rather in terms of cash flow which could be generated for his company by rationalising operations of the two companies in parts of the US where they both have interests . |
| 22 | We 've said well let's not look at the parish organizations , specifically , because those are covering areas that we do n't need to look at . |
| 23 | The hon. Member for Northampton , North ( Mr. Marlow ) has some interesting ways of looking at the problem , but he did not look at the fact that there are proven ways of taking young people who have committed offences and giving them a chance to confront their criminality . |
| 24 | He did not look at the woman who passed him in the hallway . |
| 25 | They will rightly look to a Labour Government who will not look at the matter in the narrow economic calculus that we have heard from Conservative Members but will recognise that , unless we are prepared to accept the role of women in the labour force , we will fail as an economy to receive and achieve our full potential . |
| 26 | Why not look at the situation rationally : it 's the British Mountaineering Council , and sports climbing and competitions have nothing in common with the ethos of mountaineering activities — so why not ignore them , excommunicate them ? |
| 27 | She did n't look at the portrait often . |
| 28 | Except er I , I mean I 'd say that the income funds actually performed quite well , if you did n't look at the capital value . |
| 29 | He did n't look at the boy but stared instead at a potted palm withering in its tub beside the grand piano on the rostrum . |
| 30 | Oh the yucky bathroom , do n't look at the bathroom . |