Example sentences of "to look at [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 It is quite wrong to look at him as a marginal or failed artist , a tragic case , like his country of Bengal , even though he himself sometimes seemed to see things this way .
2 If we take wanting everybody to look at him as the ‘ real ’ reason , then the case of Stavrogin is ( in the lawyer 's phrase ) on all fours with that of the underground man 's indecent exposure of consciousness .
3 Vernon , 18 , hero of non-League Bath City 's FA Cup win over Cardiff , is on trial with Saints and manager Ian Branfoot wants to look at him in a reserve game .
4 A lot of humans had been in to look at him in the last few minutes .
5 David was silent for so long that she had to look at him in the end .
6 She turned to look at him in the darkness ; he stayed looking at her .
7 But in Jamaica at the time , there were no facilities for kids , just for professional fighters , so I just used to look at them through the fence , sparring and punching the bag .
8 Woodlice feed mainly at night , so to see them actually feeding you need to look at them during the evening .
9 ‘ I was hoping to look at them on the plane , but they were at the bottom of the pile and I never got around to it . ’
10 There is no doubt that some problems can be solved with ease if only we can get to look at them in a different way .
11 We are used to looking at faces , the faces of people , for their emotions and feelings ; and when we wonder about the emotions of animals we tend to look at them in the same limited way .
12 Most studies of social services , however , tend to look at them from the historical or development view .
13 She tried to recall her life before the siege and the heads of young officers turning to look at her at the Calcutta racecourse .
14 Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner .
15 He turned to look at me across the studio .
16 Having established the ICAEW 's position in the listed market , we decided to extend our work to look at which of the bodies regulated the auditors of large unlisted organisations .
17 Take the time to look at yourself in the mirror and recognise the improvements .
18 Every morning , the first thing Narcissus did when he woke up was to look at himself in the mirror .
19 When I 'd completed this process I turned to the mirror to look at myself for a last time .
20 I ca n't bear to look at myself in a mirror : I know I look a mess most of the time .
21 That was the psychological moment : but she also remembered another , a turning-point in physical ageing , ‘ when I began to hate to look at myself in the glass . ’
22 This is the kind of frame from which Dorothy Heathcote often ( increasingly ) wants children to work , and this is why it often seems to be the case in her work that the pupils are not in role at all — they are merely required to look at something from a particular scientific perspective .
23 He has to look at everything from an international perspective .
24 The therapist encouraged her to look at herself in a more realistic way , and particularly to try to identify her good points and qualities .
25 She deliberately refused to look at herself in the strategically placed mirror .
26 She made Terry try it on , take it off , changed something else , and finally , at gone midnight , she had done all that she could do , and only then did she allow Terry to look at herself in the mirror .
27 ‘ I just want to look at you for a moment or two . ’
28 The simplest approach is to look at it as a device that moves your weight up and down the board .
29 The clarifying question is : " Is this really a problem or am I just choosing to look at it as a problem ? "
30 Then try to look at it as an artist would look at it , really analysing it .
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