Example sentences of "[pers pn] look [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Especially when I look around at the bug-eyed gawkers staring , almost hypnotised , at the images . |
| 2 | As I look around at the happy faces it is difficult to realise that the German Army is only a few miles away across the River Seine where they are defending Le Havre . |
| 3 | I look forward to the Prime Minister being present that day — but , of course , by then it will be a Labour Prime Minister . |
| 4 | Mr. Walker : I do not blame the Hon. Gentleman for making such a speech just before a by-election , but I am glad to tell him that tomorrow I shall go through every detail of the valleys programme and I look forward to the Labour party 's publishing beside each item what the Labour Government achieved in their last five years . |
| 5 | I look forward to the post-match analysis of the Leeds match . |
| 6 | ‘ I look forward to the branded Share Shop identity enduring beyond the offer and becoming a recognised symbol for accessible and affordable advisory and dealing services . ’ |
| 7 | But I 've enjoyed being here , I hope you 've enjoyed it as much as I have , and I look forward to the next time that I 'm sitting in the hot seat ; until then , from me , goodbye . |
| 8 | Above all , I look forward as the new Labour Party Treasurer to bringing the party membership fee down from the dizzy heights of eighteen pounds to the level which we in the trades unions know ordinary people can afford . |
| 9 | If I look up to the blue sky , as yet I must when it is blue and bright suddenly , it is in spite of the heavy limb and relaxing back that will drag me down or cause me to hasten home . |
| 10 | But when I look ahead up the white road |
| 11 | I look out across the twinkling expanse of ocean , and decide to go and see Teddy . |
| 12 | ‘ If I look out of the right window . ’ |
| 13 | I look back at the old woman , marvelling at Enid and Philip for finding her interesting enough to talk about . |
| 14 | When I look back on the long friendship , I realize that I need not have had certain misgivings about troubling Eliot or taking up his time — misgivings due to temperamental diffidence rather than to genuine modesty , I am afraid — because he was both generous of his time and solicitous about the welfare of those in whom lie took an interest . |
| 15 | Below , I look down on the differing surfaces , the differing states of ripeness from light green through to gold . |
| 16 | But when I looked again at the taut group riveted to the game , now not even speaking , I had my doubts . |
| 17 | I looked round the room , then I looked again at the old man . |
| 18 | I looked again at the little cat . |
| 19 | It was only after I 'd stopped doing that and gone into the corner to have a piss that I looked over into the other corner where there was a pile of rusty cans and old bottles ; there I saw the jagged stripes of the sleeping snake . |
| 20 | I now had the incentive to train even harder , and I looked forward to the outdoor season with considerable relish . |
| 21 | I felt sure that if Mr Reed had lived he would have treated me kindly , and now , as I looked round at the dark furniture and the walls in shadow , I began to fear that his ghost might come back to punish his wife for not keeping her promise . |
| 22 | I looked round at the two dead Germans lying in the middle of the road . |
| 23 | I wondered , as I looked round at the massed ranks of chaps , young and old . |
| 24 | As I looked round in the pale dawn light , a piece of paper caught my eye . |
| 25 | Slowly I looked around at the other boys . |
| 26 | I looked around at the other passengers and tried to start a conversation . |
| 27 | As we journeyed back across the Orne bridges , I looked around at the happy faces in the truck ; up until now , there had n't been much to laugh about . |
| 28 | As I approached I looked wonderingly at the slight figure with the soft fairish hair falling over his brow , at the holed cardigan and muck-encrusted wellingtons . |
| 29 | Oh I looked up about the last , the last essay I did cos it was about erm |
| 30 | I closed my eyes in reverence as I chewed then as I reached for the pint pot again I looked up at the small figure on the bin . |