Example sentences of "[not/n't] look at the [noun sg] " 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 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 .
4 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 .
5 The EAT did not look at the offer of new terms in the abstract but in the light of the company 's financial difficulties .
6 Most of all , he must not look at the food on his plate .
7 ‘ Firstly , at its most mundane level , you will not look at the world through a narrow tunnel of perception .
8 Nicholson caught the note of sarcasm in the other man 's voice but he did not turn , did not look at the visitor .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 He did not look at the woman who passed him in the hallway .
13 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 .
14 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 ?
15 She did n't look at the portrait often .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Oh the yucky bathroom , do n't look at the bathroom .
19 He did n't look at the telephone again .
20 I did n't look at the denomination but there was no doubt it would have been high .
21 Levi did n't look at the leaderboard from the 7th hole until he was on the fairway at the 13th , when he noticed he held a two-shot lead .
22 Are n't they funny when they look , we did n't look at the yoghurt pots did we ?
23 we should n't look at the box
24 When using those dramatic frames which require children to prepare and then share small group work ( e.g. the investigation , the pageant , the making of a documentary ) take the opportunity to question or comment on their use of space : " I wonder why the council official would n't look at the interviewer ? "
25 At the 14th , the par-5 , which is now the 15th , Jacklin looked at the scoreboard and Lee says to him ‘ Tony , do n't look at the scoreboard because I can beat all of them up there .
26 Whilst Magistrates wo n't look at the motor … they will look at the means of the driver … and the madness of the offence .
27 Do n't look at the answer .
28 She said it was premature but she had n't made any , provision for it , and would n't look at the baby .
29 ‘ Because it does n't look at the object of music .
30 I do n't look at the face , only at the scabby hand .
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