Example sentences of "to look [prep] [pers pn] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | We told him to look for us in the evening . |
2 | She 's too stuck up to look for it in the back of a cab just yet , but it 'll come to it one day when she gets a few more years on her , even the milkman wo n't be safe and she 'll be grateful . |
3 | It is of course necessary for someone to look after them in the home , and though there are some back-up services available , the responsibility mainly falls on one person — usually a close relative or friend , usually a woman . |
4 | Already suffering from physical ailment , and surrounded by some marvellous women who took it in turns to look after him in the evening of his life , he was a fount of ideas and vision . |
5 | Alice afterwards — in an effort to safeguard her position — claimed that it was the queen who had summoned her and who had promised to look after her in the future . |
6 | She turned to look at him in the darkness ; he stayed looking at her . |
7 | David was silent for so long that she had to look at him in the end . |
8 | As he mentioned the bird , he turned his back on Lesley-Jane to look at it in the glass case . |