Example sentences of "[noun] a look " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave Markby a look of pure dislike , rooted , the chief inspector suspected , in anger at having been out-manoeuvred . |
| 2 | There have been suggestions that they might be given state funding , or that some RCD members in the Chamber of Deputies might resign to allow the other parties a look in . |
| 3 | I flashed the Monster a look of triumph and waited for the attention to begin . |
| 4 | Gideon Eddy gave the Burford constable a look of mock-horror . |
| 5 | We decided that the the otential the action potential of course are on Editor A look at control , we can look at single channel currents . |
| 6 | ‘ It s all a stramash of gossip down there , Angus , ’ said Byers , giving his visitors a look . |
| 7 | The silent cop a look of disgust . |
| 8 | He gave Helen a look of reproach and accusation . |
| 9 | As he held her eyes for a moment a look passed between them , deeply compassionate , oddly intimate . |
| 10 | He gave Burun a look . |
| 11 | He seemed to stare at Sharpe as he died ; offering the Englishman a look of mingled surprise and remorse , then a gout of blood , bright as the sun itself , slashed out to soak Sharpe 's right arm and shoulder . |
| 12 | Special effects for this show were highly inventive , achieving on a shoestring budget a look comparable with many much more expensive feature films . |
| 13 | Apparently the starting point for this design was the body of an 0–18 model Martin , but the slightly less angular shape and rounded Venetian cutaway have given the guitar a look all its own . |
| 14 | Turner immediately stopped dead in his tracks , gave Doyle a look that might have killed . |
| 15 | Jill threw Lindsey a look of curiosity and admiration . |
| 16 | Turning to give his wife a look of gentleness and a few words of encouragement , he opened the door , his men fell in behind him and they left . |
| 17 | Harold Badcock , Tyndale Lecturer in Medieval European History , shot his wife a look of hate as she entered the living room . |
| 18 | Her face was rather pinched , tapering to a pointed chin that gave her features a look of severity not mirrored in her voice . |
| 19 | 29 Growing Noble Metals through Total Quality a look at how Noble Metals in Royston is growing in what continues to be a depressed marketplace |
| 20 | The police driver shot Jamie a look of enquiry which he missed , occupied as he was with guiding Miss Williams back up the hill . |
| 21 | Only at the door did he give Coffin a look of such sharp comprehension that any triumph he felt evaporated at once . |
| 22 | She gave her daughter a look which combined challenge and malice and then left them . |
| 23 | Stanley gave Mungo a look of triumph . |
| 24 | In the earlier years of living with her he had sometimes left her a note speared on the kitchen tap before he went out for his walk — stirred and perhaps even drawn by the sight of her plain , flushed face in bed , which had begun to acquire in sleep a look of distress and disappointment . |
| 25 | ‘ As far as I can see , ’ he continued , giving his grandmother a look of clearly mingled liking and exasperation , ‘ my grandmother has n't looked at an employment application in five years . |
| 26 | COR , WHAT A THIGHFUL : Fergie stretches out on her sun lounger and gives the world a look at what just what kind of shape she 's in |
| 27 | ‘ But working with the private sector has enriched the curriculum and given pupils a look at real-life problems . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I met a gentleman once who said me legs were worth 'alf-a-crown a look . ’ |
| 29 | At this she turned on Karelius a look of such desperate gratitude that his selfish irritation was quite vanquished . |
| 30 | The reluctant courtier gave his master a look which would have extinguished any man with a less armour-plated ego . |