Example sentences of "look [adv] [prep] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while the breaking of convention may be agreeable , and therefore laughable ( cf. certain views of Freud , below ) , there is never any questioning of what is " right " and what is " wrong " : for that sort of conundrum one should look rather to a romance like Marie de France 's lay Eliduc . |
| 2 | A tall chimney above the heating plant and workshops made it look rather like a factory under guard . |
| 3 | He did n't look much like a doctor to Alina . |
| 4 | He does n't look much like a philosopher to me . |
| 5 | Cornwall was no centre of radicalism , so one would not look there for a pattern of oscillation , but a detailed study of the Great Yorkshire Revival of 1792 – 6 has led its author to the conclusion that Thompson 's speculative idea gains some support from the experience of the North . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the table opposite will give you some idea of what to expect : for example , a man aged 30 investing just £25 a month could look forward to a cheque for £63,400 on his 65th birthday — with another £19,400 for his family if he died at the age of 80 . |
| 7 | While the fundamentals of caddying may not have changed since Skip Daniels and Gene Sarazen strode the Prince 's links , the financial aspect has : whereas a caddie in the 1930s might have earned only a pittance for sharing an Open success , the modern-day caddie earns a healthy basic wage on the European tour , and can look forward to a percentage of the winnings . |
| 8 | If she married one of them she could look forward to a life of uncertainty , warfare , shortages , assassinations , massacres and tragedy . |
| 9 | On top , he 's given a 3 500 housing allowance , and can look forward to a pension of up to 19 500 pounds a year . |
| 10 | Many children do n't look forward to a visit to the doctor 's — not surprising , as they may associate it with illness or injections . |
| 11 | With Isaac God can look forward to a world over which he can again clap his hands in delight . |