Example sentences of "[adv] i look [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Instinctively I looked around the corridor to try and spot the lurking animal activist .
2 I suppose that in some recess of his mind he was recalling the old cliché about honours being handed out like lollipops , but the more I look at the sentence the less I understand what he was on about or why it was considered worthy of preserving in print .
3 ‘ When I got out I looked at the car and the lorry and I just could n't believe it .
4 Well I looked at the clock , it said twenty to eight , I thought sod it I ai n't getting up .
5 And she said he 's not out of the woods yet , but , I 'll give you a collar , if he 's naughty , very crafty , and then I looked through the crack in the door and his looking .
6 I half got up , then I looked at the hole he 'd gone down and at the paper in my hand .
7 Then I looked at the rest of myself , and all the rest of me was a …
8 Then I looked at the table .
9 First I 'll divulge that I went to Bristol — they 'll know that already if they 're bright enough — then I 'll say I went to this Bed and Breakfast — then I looked for a job
10 Then I look in the mirror and think : ‘ You 're not Miss World , kiddo ’ , and I thank God that someone did n't determine that my appearance did n't come up to scratch .
11 Sometimes I look through the catalogue at the men 's clothes , or wander into shops like Principles and look at the menswear .
12 ‘ Oh well , at least I look like a doctor !
13 I have described how I looked in the mirror and , seeing myself ‘ in the flesh ’ did not recognise myself .
14 I wonder how I look in a sarong ?
15 But the green smell used to be there and it was strong enough to make me think of English summers when I looked at the sky .
16 In that horrible moment when I looked across the room and realized that poor old Eddy was dead I certainly felt something .
17 I know what I see when I look at the grass and I have been told that the colour is called ‘ green ’ .
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