Example sentences of "i looked at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked at the line-up listed in the programme and at the stop-press late additions : Everything But The Girl , two of The Communards ; Harry Enfield ; The Oblivion Boys , the list went on . |
| 2 | I looked at the clock and it was 10.40 . |
| 3 | I looked at the clock . |
| 4 | Yeah cos I got up J C R at eleven o'clock cos I looked at the clock up there . |
| 5 | And when I looked at the clock , I was on time and . |
| 6 | Well I looked at the clock , it said twenty to eight , I thought sod it I ai n't getting up . |
| 7 | I looked at the ball , looked at the pin and thought , ‘ There 's only one place for it to go . |
| 8 | I looked at the back seat , where a folder lay . |
| 9 | Now just to give you some numbers erm on er who gains and who loses right erm right for the world as a whole right , erm the study conducted by right nineteen eighty nine I looked at the cost of some benefits from agricultural support alright , in nineteen eighty six to nineteen eighty seven in just one year one crop year alright . |
| 10 | I looked at the wife and she died of fright . |
| 11 | But when I looked at the date , my father could only have been about twelve year old you see , when these letters were written so it must have been my grandfather writing to Coventry and Birmingham for parts for the penny farthing bicycles which he worked on . |
| 12 | I looked at the sky , as one might on feeling a spot of rain , and saw the red dust-clouds of a storm in the east . |
| 13 | But the green smell used to be there and it was strong enough to make me think of English summers when I looked at the sky . |
| 14 | I looked at the chicken . |
| 15 | And what a lovely place Portsmouth is I must say went to the gentlemen 's on , the toilet at the seafront last night and as I left , I looked at the sign that said er , please adjust your dress before you leave . |
| 16 | Then I looked at the rest of myself , and all the rest of me was a … |
| 17 | I remember I looked at the pile of Billy 's goods and chattels which were supposed to fit inside a twelve-by-six-foot room and saying : ‘ I came with a Sainsbury 's carrier — and I had trouble filling that . ’ |
| 18 | I looked at the door . |
| 19 | I looked at the alarm clock . |
| 20 | I looked at the building through my camera , and took the photograph . |
| 21 | ‘ I looked at the grandmother and she pointed at the baby . |
| 22 | I looked at the top of his head as he bent to the task . |
| 23 | I looked at the cassette which claimed to be music recorded by the Pinkoe Dirt-Box Band . |
| 24 | On occasions I looked at the casualty cards myself and identified potential clients that for one reason or another were not referred to me . |
| 25 | and it just moved a bit and I went in again , I looked at the window and they moved again |
| 26 | The angels and open books and things cost a packet — I looked at the brochure . ’ |
| 27 | I looked at the title . |
| 28 | Now as I looked at the tree I saw that the great things had been there all the time but I had mistaken them for the background . |
| 29 | As soon as I got into my flat I looked at the Supersight club with great care . |
| 30 | I looked at the handset , then up at my father , who was leaning over the rail from the floor above , tucking his pyjama top into his trousers . |