Example sentences of "but one [noun] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one look at a new shell suit splashed with luminous paint provides a perfect explanation of why old school is becoming big business for small shops in inner London . |
| 2 | Dale McIntosh might sound as through he comes from North of the Border , but one look at the young no.8 's Maori features makes you wonder how he found his way into the Scottish squad . |
| 3 | But one look at the lacklustre picture presented by the normally spirited Harriet convinced Meredith that she was not even aware the protesters were there , let alone that she had approached so close . |
| 4 | She had been spitting blood after a bad bout of coughing , but one look at the sputum told me it was clean blood . |
| 5 | But one look at the wall of guitars on this bunch of cutesy college kids and memories of Chapterhouse flood back instinctively . |
| 6 | But one look at the man in front of me was enough . |
| 7 | She pours withering scorn upon such ‘ painted poupées ’ as Joan Collins and Liz Taylor for the hours they devote to their images , as well as the men they choose as partners , but one look at the deep lines of bitterness etched into the faces of those women who renounce loving relationships in favour of cats , gardens or anything else tells me all I need to know . |
| 8 | Claudia opened her mouth to say she would call a taxi for herself but one look at the gleam in Roman 's amber eyes changed her mind . |
| 9 | He still felt strange , as if he was bending over the bodies of children , but one look at the dead faces calmed such scruples . |
| 10 | But one look at the uniform blankness of expression on the faces of the ‘ crowd ’ should tell you all you need to know . |
| 11 | Guillaume had already bought some drawings of Modigliani 's , but one afternoon at the Rotonde Max Jacob and Modi were sitting together on the terrace with Modi sketching as usual on the Rotonde 's thin paper napkins when Paul Guillaume sat down at their table and asked Modigliani whether he ever painted . |
| 12 | But one day at the club when he trotted out this phrase during some heated discussion in the midst of a little group of members ( all of them persons of some consequence ) , Nicholas Stavrogin who was standing to one side alone and unnoticed , suddenly went up to Mr Gaganov and , taking him unexpectedly and firmly with two fingers by the nose , managed to drag him two or three steps across the room . |
| 13 | This skill is assumed to be inborn and intuitive , but one glance at a student 's notes shows this assumption to be unfounded . |
| 14 | But one glance at the cascading wisteria blossom — never mind the rest of the promising , if overgrown , London garden — and Spanish translator Patricia Grillo was hooked . |