Example sentences of "as [pers pn] look [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 As I looked towards the right , however , along the other widespread arm of the building , something materialized there like a stain : light towards the dead dull end of the electromagnetic spectrum .
2 Here was the woman I wanted to marry , the woman I thought of every day as I looked beyond the cell to make plans for the future .
3 As I looked through the viewer I had the feeling , momentarily , that it really was what I had dreamed about for so long , a sort of crystal ball in which I could call up everything I had ever known .
4 Sadly , my euphoria evaporated as I looked through the rest of the magazine .
5 As I looked at the faces marching past with a smart eyes right , I could n't help thinking of those who would have liked to have been on this parade ; those still manning the trenches , and all those buried in a shallow grave in the orchards around the village .
6 As I looked at the few stones that remained of the castle , I learned from the magazine that the Irish-built castle of the local kings , the O'Rourkes , had once towered over the local countryside .
7 My blood froze as I looked at the prices .
8 Now as I looked at the tree I saw that the great things had been there all the time but I had mistaken them for the background .
9 As I looked at the magnificent vehicle I could not help thinking of the historical ‘ Experiment ’ of the Stockton and Darlington Railway , or of the Exhibition excursions of 1851 , when the GW nailed rough boards across their permanent way trucks at Didcot to accommodate their third class passengers !
10 It was warm inside the building as I looked at the uniforms from Algeria , Morocco and Tonkin .
11 I turned round , half-expecting to hear a giggle , a rather inane giggle ; and then as I looked at the thick shadowy scrub near the gate , and remembered the grim reference to Prospero , a more sinister explanation came to me .
12 Paul was trying to catch fish in a pool as I looked at the thing .
13 It 's added a certain anticipation as well to the placement job I 've been doing — ‘ Oh come on someone must have something to say ’ was a regular feeling/thought as I looked at the monitor in anticipation .
14 Something clicked as I looked at the number .
15 We were halfway along one side of the ship , and as I looked to the left I saw Oliver about fifteen feet away , staring out into the Channel .
16 As I looked round the hut , I knew that the mysterious man must have a very strong character .
17 The undercut cave is dark and mysterious but the lightness of the sandy bottom becomes apparent as I look across the bend , the water becoming shallower as I scan across to the inside of the bend .
18 As I look at the water I hear a distinctive slurp as a chub sucks some morsel through the surface ; then I see the rings rippling away from the spot where it happened .
19 Thus as I look at the figures I see the question in a broader context .
20 As I look at the shabby , commercialised and demoralised society in which I write I am more convinced than ever that the political analysis on which I was brought up was right .
21 For example , that the images that I now call up in my mind as I look at the front door of my house , this is something quite real , but it 's real in a much more radically different , in a radically different sense , there 's a , somehow a radically difference in the kind of reality which that image enjoys , to the reality that that bottle enjoys .
22 Our square red-brick house stands some 100 yards away ( as I look into the Sun ) with its french windows open .
23 As you look at the place you have chosen , daylight turns to dusk ; the colours become muted and the shadows lengthen .
24 As you look at the above diagram of the learning cycle you may well be saying to yourself ‘ Is that all there is to it ?
25 As you look at the street , seeing movement and hearing none , you feel as if an unnatural deafness had come upon you .
26 Now the mission to Colesfield was with the crew that you have pictures , have the picture of , as you look at the picture from left to right standing in the back is or I should say , , , and his home town was Louisiana , he was a waste gunner .
27 Just as you look at the candle flame there burning , erm it 's a symbol .
28 As you look at the fine architecture of this cell , keep in mind the fact that all that complexity is repeated 125 million times in each retina .
29 Just as long as you look for the Cotton USA Mark .
30 No it the the head of the bed was up against the far wall the as you look in the room on the right .
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