Example sentences of "[verb] and look [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stopped walking and looked at the scrubland now directly in front of them . |
| 2 | I bent down to try and look in the back of the Golf . |
| 3 | and the police said all I have to do is phone the police and say well he wants to come and look round the property can I have a policeman there cos I do n't want |
| 4 | It was a very nice day out actually , and everything from serious riders who just went up and down and the most energetic one did a hundred miles , to families who treated it , took a picnic and stopped and looked at the badger tunnels . |
| 5 | She stopped and looked at the garden ; inside the square was a circle of flower beds . |
| 6 | She stopped and looked to the side , and when she did n't continue , he said , ‘ He 's tried to commit suicide ? ’ |
| 7 | But once inside the consulting room she stopped and looked towards the desk behind which was sitting a strange man , a young man . |
| 8 | A small boy in pyjamas put down the basket he was weaving and looked at the face for a second or two , then turned back to his basket . |
| 9 | Next time you find yourself queuing to have your photo taken on the Cantilever in Snowdonia , or looking for a vacant shelter to eat your sandwiches in on Scafell Pike , stop and look to the west . |
| 10 | A neighbour of ours heard me shouting , came and looked over the fence , and cleared off ! |
| 11 | And then you wait and look for the post every single day . |
| 12 | Do n't worry , I 'll stay and look after the villa for you . ’ |
| 13 | After two more appearances , during which you are inconveniently looking the wrong way , you decide to go and look for the ghost . |
| 14 | Would you like to go and look for the ring dear ? |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd love to go and look through the window with you some time , ’ Benny offered . |
| 16 | ‘ I should like to go and look at the sea . ’ |
| 17 | Sara had told her to go to bed , or rather to go and look at the TV programme she wanted to watch . |
| 18 | The point is , you see , that I did not ask you to go and look at the time on that clock ; I merely asked you to study the numerals on it . |
| 19 | Gerry had seen his face and they got to go and look at the mug shots and all that and er longlegs had been informed across the road because they 'd got er a camera that works and er they got in touch with the , they told the police about it and so they 're going over there to see if it 's been recorded you see . |
| 20 | Not only are more and more people willing and able to go and look at the countryside , but the trend is towards more active recreational pursuits , involving the more extensive use of space and paralleled by an extension of the time spent there . |
| 21 | I do n't know what alerted Kalchu to go and look in the stable . |
| 22 | Monica asked and looked at the wall map of the continent . |
| 23 | Current Department of Agriculture inspection methods — feeling , smelling and looking at the food — were judged inappropriate as , in the case of fish , they can not not detect the toxins . |
| 24 | I do , I think I 've got somebody buying me another so I go and look into that oh I do what Mavis does now , she goes and looks in the book shop |
| 25 | ‘ Well ’ — he turned and looked towards the window — ‘ I noticed as I passed that you had a box of Havana cigars , the … the Excepcionales . |
| 26 | Aggie turned and looked towards the window and she repeated , ‘ Garden ? |
| 27 | She turned and looked towards the child , who was sitting hugging a doll . |
| 28 | She turned and looked towards the house door . |
| 29 | The woman turned and looked at the speaker , and there was scorn in her expression , but she said nothing until she turned on Agnes again and said , ‘ How bad is he , lass ? ’ |
| 30 | I turned and looked at the man 's tear-stained face . |