His eyes noted things and his body performed the necessary measures without thought.

He did not, as a rule, say much, but he noted things and understood.

Jorgenson noted things quickly, cursorily, perfunctorily, as phenomena unrelated to his own apparitional existence of a visiting ghost.

Baird noted things like that.

Things must be bad when Eskom have to send a release to note that somebody has noted things are not their fault.