Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] look at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a parting gift of prawns and fish from a friendly fisherman , we headed over to look at the islands of bum and Eigg on the way to Ardnamurchan . |
| 2 | Then I wandered outside to look at the wreaths and the Salvation Army Captain touched me on the shoulder . |
| 3 | He tried not to look at the screens . |
| 4 | She tried not to look at the glass on the pink marble top of the wash-stand , empty , a sticky red stain at the bottom . |
| 5 | When he was in the dining room she would be in the dairy ; when he wandered out to look at the home fields she would be over the lake by Burtness Wood ; when he made his way to the wood she would retreat up the fell and it was pointless , he rightly guessed , as well as being too open to comment , to pursue her onto the tops . |
| 6 | Just before she turned the sign on the door round to read ‘ Closed ’ , a woman came in to look at the toys . |
| 7 | The ever increasing army of tourists who came up to look at the scenery was growing . |
| 8 | He came across to look at the image open on my lectern : a wild man covered in shaggy green fur was fighting a little hon with a club . |
| 9 | Jinny felt her breath stop as her eyes swivelled automatically to look at the Hare-woman . |
| 10 | Willie turned back to look at the comics so that he missed the surprised expression on his face . |
| 11 | I remember me getting up about three o'clock in the morning I heard the wind and I got up to look at the stack yard and start to put er bits of pit props and that into the nets and and and the wind was getting that strong the pit props was going flying over me head and I gave it up and made for and it 's certainly not a very high door at Greenspot but or a very big door but it took me all my time to get the door closed . |
| 12 | Others walked away to look at the island , and two men stayed to watch the boat . |
| 13 | A wedge of frosty light clove a farmyard as someone stepped out to look at the stars in the russet sky . |
| 14 | thank you and if you walked around to look at the flat , would you find a lake and whacking big golf course in the middle of it ? |
| 15 | He went on looking at the floor , thoughtful . |
| 16 | He did n't even ask the next question but went on looking at the Consul General expectantly . |
| 17 | She reached over to look at the bacon before saying , ‘ No ; thank you . |
| 18 | ‘ The other day Thomas and I went over to look at the foundations of the first villa which your men have started to build , ’ she remarked , as they drank their coffee . |
| 19 | And I had one rehearsal of two Bach pieces which were really difficult and I was com , feeling completely frantic during the break in rehearsal , and went over to look at the music and some fellow called Don bounded over to me and said , oh you ca n't be you know you sh ca n't be looking at that now , ba , la dee da dee da ! |
| 20 | He ate a dish of cornflakes while wandering around the kitchen and then went out to look at the Triumph , still parked in front of the house . |
| 21 | On a fine spring morning the three grandsons got up early and went out to look at the bee-hives which they kept in the forest . |
| 22 | Zach threw back the lid in triumph and the twins and George gathered round to look at the contents . |
| 23 | Charles felt the blood trickling down his leg into his wet sock and , still keeping low behind a rock , rolled round to look at the wound . |
| 24 | She , and could , found she could not fly and laid there looking at the sky . |
| 25 | I did not look at the rest of it , deliberately . |
| 26 | He did not look at the keys . |
| 27 | He did not look at the girl by his side , who was almost as tall as himself ; but he went on talking as she tapped her racquet against the netting . |
| 28 | They came in but did not look at the cups . |
| 29 | The hon. Member for Northampton , North ( Mr. Marlow ) has some interesting ways of looking at the problem , but he did not look at the fact that there are proven ways of taking young people who have committed offences and giving them a chance to confront their criminality . |
| 30 | Terry Heneaghan , Pittencrieff 's chief executive , said he did not look at the deal in terms of oil or gas production and reserves which would be acquired , but rather in terms of cash flow which could be generated for his company by rationalising operations of the two companies in parts of the US where they both have interests . |