Example sentences of "quick [noun sg] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As Cynthia fell silent , the lawyer stole a quick glance at the dying woman and , shocked at the wastage of so young a life , he hastened to lighten Dorothy 's obvious distress . |
| 6 | A quick glance at the seven-layer decision-making ladder of the OSI , makes plain the potential for querulous technical in-fighting over a near-interminable period . |
| 7 | Silvio threw a quick glance at the connecting door . |
| 8 | Without a word , Lucenzo offered her a jug of coffee and flicked a quick finger at the alert barman , who provided her with a fresh cup . |
| 9 | A quick poll at the French Embassy in London established that the French spend more money on fewer items — looking for quality not quantity . |