Example sentences of "[vb past] not to look [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He tried not to look at the screens .
2 She tried not to look at the easy , mutual affection of Finn , Francie and the dumb woman .
3 Melanie had not been down to the work-room since her very first morning ; she tried not to look at the partially assembled puppets , hanged and dismembered , on the walls .
4 She tried not to look at the glass on the pink marble top of the wash-stand , empty , a sticky red stain at the bottom .
5 Charles tried not to look like the outcast he was feeling and quickened his pace to simulate important last minute business at the Officers ' Mess .
6 He resolved not to look at the ground again until he felt his 'chute open .
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