Example sentences of "[verb] look [prep] the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time it was an inspector I who had come looking for the wing commander , his sergeant and his constable . |
| 2 | One only has to look at the Shropshire structure plan in which I was involved last year , and the Department of the Environment in that case had allowed the facility for new settlement without locational criteria . |
| 3 | The family proceedings court has to look at the Welfare Checklist ( section 1 , 1989 Children Act ) and , as the writers say , the conflict between the child 's welfare being paramount and the need to protect the community present a real paradox . |
| 4 | In doing so , the counsellor has to look at the family dynamic with a particular emphasis on those factors which impinge upon the life of the ageing family member , but to be seen as anything other than impartial , particularly when there is jealousy and conflict within the family group , can lead to a lack of trust and the possible withdrawal of co-operation and participation by some family members . |
| 5 | Yes , well , it 's at at an odd angle , you noticed th that because we are in latitude fifty nine , so the centre of this has to look at the pole star . |
| 6 | just want to look at the carbonate system in a bit more detail . |
| 7 | And er you always want to look at the track record . |
| 8 | My hon. Friend talked about the future , but we do not need to look into the crystal ball when we can read the book . |
| 9 | ‘ We do n't need to look in the police station for her , ’ Cobalt added . |
| 10 | She spotted a telephone kiosk , and stopped to look in the telephone directory . |
| 11 | She paused in front of Barnes and Noble and pretended to look at the book display in the window . |
| 12 | They tend perhaps just to lack that real killer instinct and erm it 's such a great shame because people might laugh and joke looking at the league table , in fact United , since Christmas , have played some very good football indeed . |
| 13 | There 's erm And I mean looking after the parish hall as well , why should we bother with that ? |
| 14 | I am a little surprised that the Planning Committee decided to go to look at the hockey club but not eighty seven houses in . |
| 15 | I do hope you enjoy looking through the Reference Book and that you will make good use of it throughout the year . |
| 16 | ( Are you ever going to look into the Montmartre business ? ) |
| 17 | ‘ She made it clear no decision had been taken and she was going to look at the Tomlinson Report with a totally objective view , ’ he said . |
| 18 | ‘ A few people 's names have been mentioned , but at the moment Ian Leckie is going to look after the youth team , with John Hope helping me out on a Saturday . |
| 19 | ‘ A few people 's names have been mentioned , but at the moment Ian Leckie is going to look after the youth team , with John Hope helping me out on a Saturday . |
| 20 | In an indication that Britons would be paying more in indirect taxes in the medium term , but the the blow had been deferred until future years , the Chancellor said : ‘ These reviews will inevitably take time , so I have also had to look to the revenue side of the account . |
| 21 | One only needed to look at the Government Training Centre at Boucher Road in West Belfast for a good example . |
| 22 | He turned to look across the clunch field to the distant row of houses , their yellow brick walls and mean square windows now plainly visible . |
| 23 | did you ever raise with him back in January nineteen eighty eight something that you and Mr had both raised before , namely that what goes into the brochure is not to be relied on you 've got to look at the solicitors correspondence , to interpret what is in the brochure , did you ? , did you ever raise that with Mr the solicitor 's correspondence ? |
| 24 | The steward closed the door behind him and our shadows danced against the wall as we stood transfixed looking at the coffin lid , half-expecting it to be pushed aside and the corpse to rise and step out . |
| 25 | After 1945 , the committee was allowed to divide itself into subcommittees , it gave up scrutinizing the estimates in detail and began to look at the way money was being spent in selected fields and how far government policy was being achieved . |
| 26 | At last , I picked up the directory and began to look for the telephone number of a solicitor . |
| 27 | ‘ My room is beginning to look like the Chelsea Flower Show . |
| 28 | In Burt 's day an army of 50 men was employed to look after the Durlston estate , but after a century it had become neglected : overgrown with foliage , fallen walls and rusty wartime installations . |
| 29 | Having looked at the draft Memorandum to the Presidency I can only say it seems to cover most of the key points . |
| 30 | Given the social changes that have been necessary , and the consequences of those changes , I doubt whether any incoming Government would have looked after the coal industry as the present Government have . |