Example sentences of "looking [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is like looking through a magic window into the real world of natural irradiation . |
| 2 | Well erm from , from my observation of catalogues and I was just looking through the other day , lighting does n't alter very much , there 's nothing very impressive in any of the catalogues really |
| 3 | Erm I think looking through the actual resource sheet itself , I think we had more project administration time down , and certainly that we had more technical work supervision and you put more of an emphasis on , of actually looking after the lads . |
| 4 | I was seven and I was I went to a neighbour 's house and as it happened I was looking through the blooming window when the funeral went past so I was no better off you know . |
| 5 | Looking through the rear-view mirror , Ashley saw that the little boy had fallen asleep . |
| 6 | Frere stood feeling the park sway around him as he panted , and when the dizzy motion stopped he was looking through the brilliant air at a thatched dwelling , snow-laden , secreted among the trees , its dark jetty seized in ice . |
| 7 | ‘ I have been looking through the private Ledger , ’ Bragg said amiably . |
| 8 | Later , in the chapel adjoining the castle , Father Jerome said Benediction and prayed for Sara and the life that lay before her ; and then she went up the narrow staircase to her bed and , when Candida had helped her to undress , stood a while longer at her window , looking through the narrow slit at the lights in the harbour and the dark , massive mountains behind . |
| 9 | She stood in wonderment , looking through the great glass observation windows into the centre of the complex . |
| 10 | Looking through the little window going like that . |
| 11 | Once extended her own eye was pressed to the lens of the telescope that was herself ( was it her own eye 's lens she was looking through the wrong way ? ) and she saw herself at the other end . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's like looking through the wrong end of a telescope . ’ |
| 13 | She lay there a long time in the bath , soaking , looking through the open door at his sleeping figure on the bed . |
| 14 | She lay on the roof looking through the artificial skylight . |
| 15 | Brown sat looking through an ancient telescope at the clockwork precision of the galaxy . |
| 16 | Tim was looking through an old photograph album she 'd put out , with pictures of previous Christmases . |
| 17 | If you 're looking for every conceivable thing to give you an advantage then you maybe have to consider dropping alcohol and becoming a monk or something . |
| 18 | We could take this illustration too far — but I would like you to look upon yourselves as conductors , setting the tempo of the class , listening and looking for every discordant note — and for every good one — helping by encouragement — and asking questions , for instance " Are you working as hard as you could ? " |
| 19 | By the time the General Election arrived eighteen months later , there was a good candidate ( Malcolm Thornton , now MP ) , a renewed constituency organisation and time for the people of Crosby to realise that they 'd done in that panicky moment when they were looking for a familiar face as their Member of Parliament . |
| 20 | One down against Jan Timman , with three left to play , he was looking for a solid advantage with the white pieces . |
| 21 | The manager 's problem tonight is to find a replacement for the injured Brian O'Neil , while looking for a wholehearted performance against a side whose manager , Simon Stainrod , is as relaxed as Brady is uncomfortable . |
| 22 | His followers tended to concentrate on the progressionist element , looking for a serial relationship between the classes of animal life and minimizing the gaps between the known forms . |
| 23 | As to the much discussed pearwood wall panels , Italo Rota explains : ‘ We were looking for a simple idea that would allow visitors who had already looked at a good many paintings to connect some of them with unfamiliar settings ; the art of memory tells us that it is easier to retain images in one 's head if one can link them to a specific space ’ . |
| 24 | If you 're looking for a great highlight to a misty walk , incorporate a visit to a good ruin . |
| 25 | And squeamishness prevented me looking for a tiny insect to place on a sticky dewdrop leaf . |
| 26 | If you 're looking for a part-time job such as babysitting or a paper round , try to find one through family or friends . |
| 27 | His small dark eyes darted around the smoke-filled room , looking for a friendly face , but they were all closed and impassive . |
| 28 | He scrutinised the crowd , looking for a friendly face . |
| 29 | Like gangs , bullies are not looking for a stand-up fight , but for a victim ; the best way to beat them is to give more trouble than they can handle . |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't say that you are looking for a gilded mare too ! ’ |