Example sentences of "look [prep] his " in BNC.

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1 The gunner looks through his optical sight , lines it up with an enemy tank and squeezes a trigger to fire a laser that measures the range .
2 Striker Bull looks for his 200th goal .
3 ‘ Georgina said she 'd looked through his papers last night . ’
4 Well they say the devil looks after his own .
5 Joey looks after his friends .
6 Hywel looks after his sheep because they are here .
7 Dreadful for the whole of our land , because the Agatean Emperor looks after his own and could certainly extinguish us at a nod .
8 ‘ He looks after his body and his fitness levels are as good as the 20 year olds if not better .
9 Do him justice , he looks after his own , or at least he sees to it no one but himself shall flay them or hang them .
10 I have looked after his books for forty years and that 's all I know , so he gave me the capital to start and here I am . ’
11 Mr. J. praised the nurses who had looked after his mother , and did not blame them in any way for her death .
12 A man serving in the R.A.F. wrote to say that he was deeply indebted to the doctors and nurses who had looked after his wife when she had been admitted with a complicated confinement , which had needed an operation .
13 He had looked after his younger brothers and sister , he had made sure that she always had enough money , but she had been hearing things of late that had frightened her .
14 A child who has always looked after his own asthma is less likely to rebel later and discard inhalers or start smoking .
15 CUTE QUOTIENT : Has Mum 's wide mouth but looks like his Dad .
16 He 's the only person I know who looks like his passport photograph and he breaks people 's hands .
17 The little boy looks like his mummy .
18 looks like his night , do n't it ?
19 He had got Sir Geoffrey 's note when he 'd looked into his own office at lunchtime .
20 She was n't hungry — her appetite had disappeared during the long moments she had looked into his amber eyes .
21 During the 1970s Lima had at least four times been the object of investigations by parliamentary commissions which had looked into his connections , as a member of local government , with the local construction sector in the 1960s .
22 Shiona had looked into his face with a stab of emotion , and just for a moment had been unable to speak .
23 ‘ My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord and my spirit exults in God my saviour because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid Yes , from this day forward all generations will call me blessed for the Almighty has done great things for me .
24 So you John now Jonathan he 's only fifteen , I know he looks in his twenties , but he 's only fifteen and he 's done a lot of homework so it makes him late and it makes him uncomfortable and he 's fidgety because he knows he 's got to disturb us when he goes out , he does n't does n't enjoy disturbing us , so I have to make that clear to you .
25 Dr Jim Howe , Tony 's doctor , said : ‘ His parents said how peaceful their son has looked over his last few days and how relieved they are that he is finally at rest . ’
26 looked over his glasses you see .
27 The last of the stone heads his father had carved looked over his shoulder .
28 Michael looks on his new play as a celebration .
29 I would like to suggest that John Adler looks to his own laurels before criticising rough carpenters .
30 A ‘ high ’ Christology is one which emphasizes Christ 's divinity , a ‘ low ’ Christology his humanity , and a ‘ message ’ type Christology one which looks to his words rather than to the nature of his person .
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