Sentence examples for at sympathetically from inspiring English sources

He said a Polish plumber who lived in the area with his family could be issued with "fixed period" work permits, while those "who have been here a long time and integrated in that way" would be "looked at sympathetically".

"There is no extra public money here," admitted Willetts, explaining that he was calling on institutions and businesses to "come up with ideas" which BIS would "look at sympathetically".

Reckless, the former Tory MP whose defection triggered the byelection, had indicated EU migrants who had lived in the UK for a long time would be looked at sympathetically but others might only be allowed to stay for a transitional period.

He suggested they would be looked at "sympathetically" but should only be allowed to remain in the UK for "a fixed period".

Asked what would happen to people from other EU states already in the country in the event of a UK exit from the EU, he suggested they would be looked at "sympathetically" but could only be allowed to remain in the UK for "a fixed period".

I can talk for an hour confidently about the economy and make jokes that people laugh at (sympathetically?), but then suddenly someone asks me what I'm doing at the weekend and it turns out I'm going to "go and try to maximize my use of the dwindling time because if I were in England I shouldn't have had such a magnificent opportunity.

She nods at him sympathetically, but then, in a small wink at the camera, widens her eyes at us, astonished at the absurdity of the entire exchange.

"Oh," he says with a laugh, "I look at it sympathetically". For several years in the '80s I worked at the River Island Country Club in Springville, Calif., another area rife with citrus.

She smiled at me sympathetically and shook her head.

When Ryan walked in, several reporters glanced at her sympathetically.

She looked at him sympathetically as he searched for a place to sit.