Example sentences of "his [noun sg] to look [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam craned his neck to look after the others . |
| 2 | She gave an extra piece of meat to Noah , then told Oliver to hurry up as it was his job to look after the shop . |
| 3 | His black eyes flickered , and he drew the monk over by his sleeve to look at the pageant more closely . |
| 4 | She 's coming up tonight , she 's getting what 's his name to look after the boys and she 's coming up |
| 5 | Mr Brocklebank , who had been sent by his wife to look at the house , reported back . |
| 6 | After a bit , he took off his debonair jacket and lay back on the bed in a beautiful fluted shirt , much creased , holding her newspaper over his head to look at the article she had been reading . |
| 7 | He turned his head to look at the mantelpiece . |
| 8 | I helped with the cows and the chickens , and went up on the hills with Mr Parks and his dog to look at the sheep . |
| 9 | When he was caught driving in January , Ironside claimed that he had been on his way to look at the possibilities of a council house exchange . |
| 10 | His tendency to look after the moment at the expense of the momentum can be a hindrance ; his thoroughness occasionally leans towards fussiness — and Janáček can sound too beautiful . |
| 11 | He got his brother to look after the bar for an hour or so , bundled Maidstone into a taxi driven by a friend of his and set off for Maidstone 's apartment in the Vomero . |