Example sentences of "[to-vb] and look [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I bent down to try and look in the back of the Golf . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | Since we needed someone to skin and look after the specimens we collected , we eventually employed a lanky youth called Yusuf German who had worked for a Greek taxidermist in the town . |
| 4 | After two more appearances , during which you are inconveniently looking the wrong way , you decide to go and look for the ghost . |
| 5 | Would you like to go and look for the ring dear ? |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd love to go and look through the window with you some time , ’ Benny offered . |
| 7 | ‘ I should like to go and look at the sea . ’ |
| 8 | Sara had told her to go to bed , or rather to go and look at the TV programme she wanted to watch . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I do n't know what alerted Kalchu to go and look in the stable . |
| 13 | It is all too easy to spend a back-breaking couple of hours weeding the garden and never take ten minutes to sit and look at the flowers . |
| 14 | The river is placid here , where it becomes patient in its long run to the sea and decides to slow and look at the land it passes through . |
| 15 | Leaving aside such considerations as whether you would still be able to have your grandchildren to stay and looking at the matter strictly in financial terms , it is as well to realise from the outset that the cash difference on the exchange — in other words , your profit — will invariably be less than you expect . |
| 16 | they say that ad , it pays to advertise I mean , to me advertising has never done anything for me well I do n't think it has anyway but if it pays to advertise and look at the number of people that read the Express |