Example sentences of "looking on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have always feared the Dark Ireland , ’ said Dierdriu , and her eyes were huge now , and looking on a terrible possibility . |
| 2 | What Thorkel Fóstri wished he knew was whether Thorfinn admired the new Duke , or whether he felt as he , Thorkel Fóstri , had once felt and still sometimes did , looking on a younger , able , ambitious man with all his future before him . |
| 3 | Looking on the bright side , I think this corner of the magazine could turn into a piece of gladiatorial entertainment ! |
| 4 | Paxford was a ‘ character ’ , given to looking on the black side of every passing scene , and to lugubrious murmurings of ‘ Abide with Me ’ and other hymns while he toiled . |
| 5 | If Looking on the Bright Side ( 1932 ) is sometimes spoilt by the fact that the director , Basil Dean , seems to be under the impression he is making a sophisticated Hollywood musical , the scenes in the tenement block where Fields and her songwriter lover first meet are genuinely stirring . |
| 6 | ‘ There ; ll be nobody left behind to grieve , ’ carolled Lehrer , looking on the bright side , Kahn , on the other hand , advocated massive investment in deep shelters so that at least the lucky half — or should it be the unlucky half ? — would be left behind to grieve , and to prove that war need not yet be quite abandoned as mankind 's most addictive sport . |
| 7 | Could n't you argue that the reverse is true , looking on the optimistic side ? |
| 8 | Long I have lingered by the banks of the Ness , looking on the town clinging to and rising above its banks ; often have I gone to the castle hill to trace the windings of the stream , which was ever smiling back or reflecting the sadder tones of the sky , and to gaze on the distant land of mountain and plain ; and I have also spent many hours in rapt admiration of the sylvan pictures that render the walk through the islands on the Ness a walk of walks : it yielded a joy as deep as that I received from the walks on Goat Island , within hearing and seeing of the rapid-flowing waters of Niagara . |
| 9 | ( He ) must have experienced , while looking on the unruffled waters ( of a lake ) that the imagination is carried into the recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable ’ . |
| 10 | At least , looking on the bright side , he did n't have to take the shots himself . |
| 11 | The company are looking on the thriller as ‘ a challenge ’ . |
| 12 | Looking on the positive side , my absence allowed one of Wales ’ exchange referees to get a taste of the international arena both at Murrayfield and Twickenham . |
| 13 | And it is not surprising when one considers that normally one detects a first edition simply by looking on the title verso for information . |
| 14 | Experts believe it is all part of a wartime spirit of looking on the bright side . |
| 15 | A good way of starting to do this is to either join an already-existent writing class ( you can find one by looking on the noticeboard in your local library , telephoning the local Further , Adult or Higher Education Centre or contacting the nearest Workers ' Educational Association ) or , if there is n't one of these in your area , by forming your own writing group . |
| 16 | Looking on the bright side |
| 17 | Ex-Wigan favourite Iro was looking on the bright side yesterday . |
| 18 | It 's going to boil down to keeping your pecker up , looking on the best side of things . |
| 19 | Mr Akashi insists on looking on the bright side : Khmer Rouge artillery was known to be inaccurate and their shells often failed to explode , he said . |
| 20 | If DOS fails to match the first word of your input to its list of internal commands , it will start looking on the hard disk for a COM , EXE or BAT file with that name . |
| 21 | In recent years she has often taken to using the catalogue just for herself , looking on the agency commission as a personal discount . |
| 22 | Most people said I should get probation , but I was looking on the black side and thought I would get a sentence of three to five years . |
| 23 | ‘ Looking on the black side . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's looking on the black side . ’ |
| 25 | And Lesley will enjoy your company so much , ’ he added , and the sudden faint note of hope and warmth sounded almost as though he was issuing comfort to himself , looking on the single bright side . |
| 26 | But , looking on the bright side , she might have more idea of how to proceed after her visit to the cuttings library that afternoon . |
| 27 | Pace that 's right you 've been cheating and looking on looking on the next page |
| 28 | On the other hand we did want to keep it medieval looking on the inside , so what we did was we installed these Yorkshire sliding casement but on the inside as you can see at the top window , we put panel window . |
| 29 | What she should be doing was looking on the bright side . |
| 30 | and let's hope they 're all looking on the bright side of life for this week 's coca cola cup games … now there was a time when Gloucester rugby would always give us a cheer … but they 're down in the dumps too … |