Example sentences of "[conj] look [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A playwright will often do his best to supply this non-lexical information by telling the reader that the character shrugs , winks , or looks heavenwards as this or that phrase is uttered . |
| 2 | Suffices of S are equations that will be evaluated in any given case to give a packing density , followed by r to indicate bucket size , so that the correct synonym percentage can be calculated or looked up . |
| 3 | I hope you are well & looking forward to the sunshine . |
| 4 | In that state they became ‘ sylvan demons ’ , ‘ either falling into a deep slumber or looking around for a fight . ’ |
| 5 | Just because unsubstantiated rumours abound that Terry 's brother Ted occasionally supplies me with specialist literature from the Continent , it does not mean I am taking backhanders or looking favourably towards Terry when including him in the first team . |
| 6 | He had forgotten all about arranging for a taxi to pick him up or looking up bus times or anything like that . |
| 7 | If Marcus was sitting on his bed or walking about the room or looking out of the window , Ludens would sit near him either on a chair or else on the floor his knees up , his back against the wall . |
| 8 | be ready to make informed guesses , and to correct themselves in the light of additional information , eg by reading ahead or looking back in the text ; |
| 9 | Some angles are quite bizarre , from up on the ceiling , down on the floor , in the corner of a room , or looking in from a window . |
| 10 | We treat just a couple , place some in the exercises and leave the rest for the reader to prove for himself or look up in , for example , [ 24 ] . |
| 11 | I would therefore display a becoming restiveness , or look round for the usual dispatch-case , so that when he started slowly rising to his feet , which he did as if by some inner mechanism , I could , like an adjoining lift , follow him slightly behindhand . |
| 12 | Or look around and see what there is going in the , in the market . |
| 13 | look at the person or look away |
| 14 | ‘ I mean it , ’ Alina said , her gaze so searching now that Amis could n't break contact or look away . |
| 15 | Generally speaking they are the ones who do not wear suits — or look rather uncomfortable when they do . |
| 16 | If you want to subscribe , send a cheque for £35 , made payable to or look out for generous discounts in this issue of the magazine . |
| 17 | Well our research has shown that something like eighty percent of all small business 's do n't undertake any formal training within their first three years of operation and more than sixty percent do not do any formal business planning or look further ahead than one month from today . |
| 18 | Will they stand up to family wear and tear or look too sturdy for dinner parties ? |
| 19 | You can either stand on them , or look very stupid on the stage . |
| 20 | If you stand on a hill in winter when there is a thaw or look down from a motorway , especially in the Midlands , you can hardly miss the pattern of long parallel bands of snow , which are always the last to go from the hollows of the old ridge and furrow . |
| 21 | He would turn his back on him while he was talking , or look down smiling into the mouthpiece . |
| 22 | It' er nothing to show out or stand out or look rather pleasant . |
| 23 | But Ace could see that she did n't sound or look as totally convinced as her words . |
| 24 | She did n't seem or look very intelligent , but she must be . |
| 25 | Do not turn away or look down , while speaking . |
| 26 | By now they were in Piccadilly Circus , anonymous among the largest crowd Sally-Anne had ever been in without some sort of companion to protect her , or to look out for her . |
| 27 | Sideboards were prized ( if you could grow them ) & real mutton chops appeared & looked very mean — although they were never in or out of fashion as such — just optional all the way through . |
| 28 | If we are face to face with the person sending the message , then we notice what they are doing with their face , eyes , and body while speaking : maybe they smiled , or shook their fist , or looked away . |
| 29 | The fundamental difference between the two routes , then , is that a pronunciation is either built up from sublexical components ( ‘ assembled ’ phonology ) or looked up as a whole ( ‘ addressed ’ phonology ) . |
| 30 | Usually dancers are leered at or looked down on whenever they mention their job , so why are Tiller Girls different ? |