Example sentences of "a quick [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant a quick goodbye at the Hall , and an instant disappearance from Diane . |
| 2 | I 'd go down through the choir practice room and St Andrew 's chapel beneath it , make a quick call at the sacristy ( where Holy Harding does his serving ) , then cross the quire to the south side , where , with the help of the Talisman of Shag , I would enter the-spiral stair at ground level , and so — relicless but , hopefully , bearing precious manna for the invalid — to the Sanatorium ( formerly known as the Wheel Room ) and , after that , bed . |
| 3 | Got time for a couple of hours , then a quick pint at the local , while Juliet gets the lunch . |
| 4 | ‘ I see , ’ he said with a quick look at the clerk , who was now staring at them with both eyes well open . |
| 5 | He took a quick look at the window . |
| 6 | She took a quick look at the castle , standing huge behind the emerald green foreground of Castle Meadow . |
| 7 | Gál was a consummate craftsman , and he wrote an enormous amount of music , not least for mandolin ; indeed , a quick look at the catalogue compiled by his daughter Eva to celebrate his 95th birthday reveals no fewer than fifteen works involving that instrument . |
| 8 | A quick look at the broadcasting page of any daily newspaper shows that you could spend all day ( and night ) catching up on the latest election news ( should you feel so inclined ! ) . |
| 9 | If you have read the book , go back and have a quick look at the ‘ Bible bit ’ and the ‘ Think about it ’ section in each chapter . |
| 10 | A quick look at the back panel reveals a heartening lack of gizmology . |
| 11 | I 'm going to have a quick look at the for'ard cabins . |
| 12 | A quick look at the architecture of the first PowerParallel machine ( called SP1 by IBM ) show why this is relatively easy . |
| 13 | On May 10th , 38 people tottered to the top , took a quick look at the view and scrambled down again . |
| 14 | We had a quick look at the little town of Berlevåg , where we joined a crowd of youngsters around a hotdog stall at two o'clock in the morning . |
| 15 | This is borne out by a quick look at the Apple Annual Report : in 1991 , Apple 's profit margin the US was a pathetic 0.25 per cent ( again , at operating profit level ) . |
| 16 | As a means of establishing the specific.problem , and therefore the level of model interpretation , a quick look at the local geometry may be accomplished using the wireframe edge representation . |
| 17 | Then , have a quick look at the floor area in — and immediately surrounding — the kiosk . |
| 18 | But I thought we might take a quick look at the muniments room first . |
| 19 | Huy darted a quick look at the back of Merymose 's head . |
| 20 | But he would never actually touch her , Maria decided , directing a quick look at the resolute line of chin and jaw and the arrogant curve of his nose . |
| 21 | It was a day for jeans and a T-shirt , she decided after a quick look at the sky — a mottled jigsaw of blue and white . |
| 22 | Having given you a useful guide on how to actually use/read the book , there 's a quick look at the differences between Windows 3.1 and 3.0 ( and a review of Windows terms ) … and then you 're ready for what follows , which is an absolute goldmine of insights , surprises , undocumented features and functions , and , of course , ‘ secrets ’ ! |
| 23 | Oh , well , I made a detour through the Wicklow Mountains — but the hedges were too high to see much , and I had a quick look at the site of the Battle of the Boyne . |
| 24 | A quick look at the travel then from Annie Smith . |
| 25 | This was decidedly amateur night and if the book itself had n't stuck out like a sore thumb among the reference works , then a quick look at the floppy spine would have given the game away . |
| 26 | Even if you did n't know anything about baby-feeding times , a quick look at the TV schedules would tell you that . |
| 27 | I have n't had time to get it up on the machine to change again quickly but I 've had a quick look at the situation with regard to the five per cent increase . |
| 28 | So a quick look at the leaders , confirming Stefania Croce heads the board . |
| 29 | Got the time to have a quick look at the paper now have n't we ? |
| 30 | You can have a quick look at the toys . |