Example sentences of "[verb] look at the [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a standard Anglepoise lamp er which it 's been going for a number of years , you can get it in about six different colours to match different designs of , er put colour into your room , now if somebody was spending a lot of time sitting knitting and has to look at the knitting or has to look at the pattern then er a good strong light which wo n't get in their eyes but goes straight on to what , whatever they 're doing , is by far the best thing for them , er but they say oh I do n't like it , it 's a bit angular is n't it , erm , modern sort of thing , er but because it 's angular it does n't mean to say it 's not gon na fit into the room it 's the right thing for it , er for the person doing that work . |
| 2 | Certainly the request of staff then could turn into of the panel erm but but I think at the same time if people want to look at the structure so that they have a complete view of the structural organisation |
| 3 | Oh yes I mean Then er we had the Christmas Fair meeting of which maybe you want to look at the minutes now . |
| 4 | She tried to look at the thing calmly and sensibly , tried not to be aware of Deana and Sarah whispering at a table only a few yards distant , but felt too hurt and shocked to be rational . |
| 5 | We intend looking at the situation again in … |
| 6 | I should have stopped looking at the pictures then , when past and present had clashed in my mind and made no meaning , but I went on . |
| 7 | Satisfied , she slipped on her jacket and picked up her handbag , pausing to look at the diary once more and its mysterious entry : |
| 8 | Will my right hon. Friend undertake to look at the question afresh , please ? |
| 9 | Yeah and the thing is also being new to driving you tend to look at the headlights rather than look away from them . |
| 10 | ( Most handlers tend to look at the horse instead , which merely makes him point more agitatedly . ) |
| 11 | I was inclined to laugh until I found myself shuffling along the edge of one levada , eyes fixed to avoid looking at the drop below . |
| 12 | Morse turned to look at the waters once more before he left , then sat silently in the passenger-seat of the police car as Lewis had a final word with Sergeant Dixon . |
| 13 | And at that moment , as he turned to look at the girl again with a glint of admiration in his eyes , Ronni was aware of a reaction deep inside her . |
| 14 | Lucille stopped , turned to look at the girl once more then , intuitively , she knew the answer and looked for confirmation into d'Alembord 's worried face . |
| 15 | McIllvanney said angrily , then turned to look at the yard where a silver-grey stretch limo , its windows tinted black against the sun , rolled ponderously to park beside the stairs to his office . |
| 16 | You should try to look at the situation objectively and philosophically , and , if you can , keep a sense of humour . |
| 17 | Mr Kneeshaw said : ‘ We will have to look at the offer along with the rugby club because the offer was made to joint clubs but we are firmly against a buy-out . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Because an objection was raised we decided to look at the matter again , ’ said Reg Pyne , assistant registrar , standards and ethics . |
| 19 | He went to look at the ricks again . |
| 20 | It was forced to look at the issue again by the introduction of new legislation . |
| 21 | At first he had tried to look at the newspapers regularly to search for job vacancies and had sent application forms to prospective employers . |
| 22 | Like a child who can not bear to look at the cupboard where the witch might live , she stared past the bench and its mummified shape . |
| 23 | Trying to look at the subject rationally , I think it was a difference between theory and practice . |
| 24 | ‘ We have looked at the situation carefully , ’ a spokeswoman said , ‘ and we are confident that our clients will not be in any danger . ’ |
| 25 | But we need to look at the issue calmly , listen to others who have different perspectives and then sort out our own priorities . |
| 26 | My learned friend and I thought that if your Lordship wanted to look at the documentation so that your Lordship is familiar with some of the documentation which is going to be referred to in the evidence , er simply to enable your Lordship to be er a little more familiar with the nature of content of some of the documentation then the crucial documents are those of pages one seven eight to four two five , bundle B. |
| 27 | Well it , it 's likely to be of charged under one of the loose clauses of anti-government er activities which really could mean anything , and so there , it 's more likely to be that , and if so , we have to look at the evidence then that was used to back up this claim . |
| 28 | ‘ They have to look at the laws now . |
| 29 | I have to look at the matter more broadly , and consider also the effect of a valid assignment made before winding up became an imminent prospect . |