Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] look at " in BNC.
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1 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc has had a good look at Unix System Lab 's Destiny desktop — it is a beta site — but is n't worried by the competition , ‘ after looking at it closely , we 've no problem with Open Desktop , ’ it says . |
2 | It has taken a closer look at what it pays and what it gets out of its Brussels El Dorado , and it is not happy . |
3 | RBS has taken a hard look at its branches in England , and decided to shut isolated outposts or develop new outlets to support them . |
4 | INTERNATIONALLY-renowned cartoonist Bill Stott has taken a humorous look at the Wirral for his latest book . |
5 | By now she 'd had a good look at him . |
6 | Batty recognises that he could have taken a sharper look at the derivative nature of the designs or examined some of the problems likely to face the company in the future . |
7 | The energy crisis may well mean that governments and the EEC will have to take a fresh look at the provision of public transport as a means of developing democratic tourism . |
8 | British Aerospace said its advisers would have to take a detailed look at Ferranti 's books to satisfy themselves that there were no further problems before the company could proceed . |
9 | ‘ The truth is men like gadgets , they like to control their environment , ’ points out Dr Margaret Shotton , author of Computer Addiction ? and one of the few academics to have taken a serious look at video game culture . |
10 | Once Barbara had had a good look at her new style in the mirror , she was very pleased with the change . |
11 | Again , they could have gone into the supermarket , but they thought the police had had a good look at them , so they sprinted through the crowds who took as little notice as they expected , and across the street just after the lights had changed 50 that the traffic beginning to move , hooted . |
12 | I have n't had time to get it up on the machine to change again quickly but I 've had a quick look at the situation with regard to the five per cent increase . |
13 | ‘ Well , Charles , I 've taken a good look at your latest victim . |
14 | ‘ Obviously we 've taken a close look at Oddbins , ’ says Ann Tonk , standing in Victoria Wine 's smartly re-fitted ‘ Family Group 1 ’ store in London 's Hampstead High Street . |
15 | It was the first time I had taken a close look at him . |
16 | It was the first time he had taken a real look at the premises from the back . |
17 | I have taken a long look at local government finance . |
18 | We have taken a careful look at this application and feel that we must now draw it to your attention . |
19 | ‘ Over the last couple of months we have begun a preliminary look at the statistics with a view to doing our own calculations . |