Example sentences of "look back [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dog looks back to see where the owner is , panics at being unable to see him and comes running back . |
| 2 | He led Bill firmly to the baize door and down the stairs , never once looking back to see if he was being followed . |
| 3 | Something very like a shriek , hastily cut off , sounded in a basement , but Colin Campbell , looking back to see if the dog was following , heard nothing . |
| 4 | I say , looking back to see Andy coming up the hill behind me , suddenly slowing and looking wary as he sees the man . |
| 5 | We see an experienced , clear-sighted man , looking back to see and understand the meaning of this young , immature boy 's actions . |
| 6 | His voice had grown hushed and childish with wonder and his eyes filled , looking back to record this playful divination which might yet predict a future far removed from the cloister , which in any case was already losing its visionary charm for him . |
| 7 | This is only looking back close on fifty years . |
| 8 | Now looking back seemed just a reminder of the mistakes we were still making . |
| 9 | Graham Tennant , 81 , has been writing poetry for a hobby since he was 10 and his poem Looking Back taking a humorous look at the Biblical tale of Sodom and Gomorrah has been judged one of the top ten funniest poems in a national competition judged by comedian Ronnie Corbett . |
| 10 | I do n't bother looking back to check . |
| 11 | He did n't bother to look back to see whether the shots were coming from the patrol boat or from the tender . |
| 12 | I walk down the real staircase , but I know , like Lot 's wife knew , that everything is crumbling to a smoke screen behind me , the urge to look back slaps at my face , but there has been enough powder to nothing in my life . |
| 13 | Now let us look back to verse 20 of the lesson , to see how God can work to make His glory fill the church . |
| 14 | Firstly , we should look back to see how things could be improved . |
| 15 | Although they are by present standards very much ‘ old hat ’ , it is surprising when you look back to realise how little change there has been in the fundamental principles of some systems . |
| 16 | If you look back to verse 13 of chapter 15 , you 'll see Paul 's prayer : |
| 17 | After around a quarter of a mile , look back to see the outline of a Romano-British settlement . |
| 18 | On left- handers I find it better to get my head right down behind the fairing and maybe look back to see where the others are . ’ |
| 19 | Look back to question 7 . |
| 20 | 4 Look back to question 1 . |
| 21 | 1 Look back to question 6 at the top of this page . |
| 22 | Look back to figure 12.3 , at outcome IV . |
| 23 | Agnes Winkowski turned from the frightened child clinging on to the side of her hand-cart and looked back to watch two men of the law speeding after the woman . |
| 24 | The figure looked back saw Martin and began to move more quickly between the graves and mausoleums . |
| 25 | He led Claudia away , looked back to wave to Ted and saw in astonishment that Katherine was planting a kiss very firmly on his lips . |
| 26 | She never looked back to see what was chasing her , just woke in a cramped sweat , breathless and in tears . |
| 27 | When Richard at last paused at a twist in the track he looked back to see the detective , red-faced and sweating , a hundred yards below him . |
| 28 | From there I looked back to see Xanthe begin to talk to Mrs Young , at first slowly , with brakes on , and then faster and faster , until all the unhappiness was pouring out like a flood . |
| 29 | None of them looked back to see what happened but galloped for the interchange to the Central Line . |
| 30 | I took a couple of steps forward , then heard something whispered from behind me , and looked back to see Janice hugging Ash , almost violently . |