Example sentences of "she [vb past] to look at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to look at the thing calmly and sensibly , tried not to be aware of Deana and Sarah whispering at a table only a few yards distant , but felt too hurt and shocked to be rational . |
| 2 | She stopped to look at the two houses , Brier and Rose , like identical twins wearing slightly different clothing so that one could tell them apart . |
| 3 | And , repeating this like a charm : ‘ It was n't me ; it was n't me , ’ she turned to look at the red splashes on the wall . |
| 4 | She turned to look at the rear clock . |
| 5 | Then she turned to look at the Frenchman and spoke softly in his language . |
| 6 | She turned to look at the registrar as he strode smiling into the room , and her bemused expression must have registered . |
| 7 | Who , she wondered , as she went to look at the kitchen , had kept the house in such perfect order ? |
| 8 | She liked to look at the dreadful toxins through the jewelled prison of their coloured glass bottles : ruby red , peridot green , indigo blue . |
| 9 | She liked to look at the visitors as they arrived and try to match them with the patients . |
| 10 | But the notion , once born , firmly took root , refusing to let her settle , and as she wandered aimlessly about the living-room she realised she 'd soon be in danger of going stir-crazy if she had to look at the same four walls much longer . |
| 11 | She had to look at the facts and analyse them , then draw the right conclusions . |