Example sentences of "he [verb] to look at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Edouard was on horseback ; he stopped to look at the child , who was about eight or nine years old , and exceptionally beautiful .
2 He stopped to look at the house and saw below it , on the shore , a large rectangular basin which seemed to have been blasted out of the rock at the foot of the cliff .
3 He bent to look at the fastening , then picked up one of the white stones and struck ; the glass tinkled thinly , a horrible sound .
4 When he came to look at the poem Miss Gilberd had intended to teach , Toby rather wondered at her judgement .
5 He turned to look at the clock .
6 And at that moment , as he turned to look at the girl again with a glint of admiration in his eyes , Ronni was aware of a reaction deep inside her .
7 He offered to look at the engine of her car , an offer which was gratefully accepted .
8 He went to look at the window sill and there was this think it 's about time You did something about these .
9 You know when all this court business is on , and they had two hours at recess so he went to look at the cathedral with Steven and mum mentioned it and , and she said oh I think I 'll go and have a look round she said when all this is over cos dad , suppose he 'll never set foot in Norwich again and I said oh that 's silly cos it 's a , it is a lovely city .
10 I 've got an appointment with — ’ he paused to look at the name at the foot of the letter which had been included in his holdall at the station ‘ -K .
11 He wanted to look at the contract and check it out and really , with no trouble at all — I think he wrote a couple of letters and said that Pitt was not acting in the capacity as manager that David required and that was that . ’
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