He gave her only one brief look, then went back to reading his newspaper.

After a brief look, he returned and shook his head.

After a brief look at the study, he chose to see the glass as half full.

I just want to get a brief look at the stern.

To do this thing right we shall have to first take a brief look at the language's present state and its past history.

Let's take a brief look at just a couple of your students.

I had a brief look to see how the system worked this week.

Just before the door closed after him he took another brief look at her.

He gave her a brief look that could only be described as dark.

Yet a brief look back to the 1980's suggests how much has changed.