Example sentences of "[vb past] look [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Councillor Mrs. B. Brereton promised to look into the appropriate portfolio . |
| 2 | Councillor Mrs. B. Brereton promised to look into the appropriate portfolio . |
| 3 | He squirmed uncomfortably on the damp stone , and tried to look on the bright side . |
| 4 | I avoided looking at the headless pigeon in the gutter . |
| 5 | the situa , perhaps it 's worth outlining how Litchfield came to look at the new settlement option , because it has some relevance to York |
| 6 | He noted given unto a Newlands man who came to look at the supposed Wad Mine at Conistone 5s . " |
| 7 | In the wives ' hostel Jocelyn finished unpacking and turned to look at the other occupant of the room a pleasant woman of thirty five who had introduced herself as Jane Smith . |
| 8 | Laura turned to look at the other woman in astonishment . |
| 9 | It was seventeen years after President Kennedy 's assassination , twelve years since Bobby 's , but the idea was so powerful nobody turned to look at the shattered window or the stunned lad . |
| 10 | She turned to look at the rear clock . |
| 11 | I turned to look at the young man beside me , his long fingered hands resting on the steering wheel . |
| 12 | " Ah , excuse me , They both turned to look at the winding-stair door , where the small attendant was peeking round the side , most of its body hidden in the twisted darkness beyond . |
| 13 | SHE sat on the park bench waiting for Richard , her head turned to look towards the main gate . |
| 14 | His feet felt like lead and slowly , fearfully , he turned to look in the general direction of the voice . |
| 15 | On the whole , Agnes enjoyed looking after the little house . |
| 16 | She was lowering herself from the tip-toe that she needed to look over the panelled backing of the window display when something else caught her eye , further down the road . |
| 17 | She decided to look on the positive side . |
| 18 | Then he decided to look around the little school . |
| 19 | " Do n't be sorry , " he said , " I quite enjoyed it , " She looked up briefly then , smiling uncertainly , as though she did n't believe him , He licked his lips , moved forward , put one hand out and touched hers where it gripped the glass , She kept looking at the empty glass avoiding his face . |
| 20 | Instead , he just kept looking at the American ambassador with what Sullivan describes as 'soulful eyes " . |
| 21 | I returned to Russia recently with my dear friend Ashkenazy and we went to look at the Central School of Music in Moscow , our educational base for so many years , and there it is , a sorry sight of rubble , locked doors and broken windows . |
| 22 | We learned to look for the black tongue , water that would take us between rocks . |
| 23 | Dulé leaned to look at the dark husk that was the old woman 's body ; shadows bound the close air inside the room and he could see her only as a lighter shape . |
| 24 | He had looked into the other world , and he had been caught peering through . |
| 25 | And the reason why the Greeks should have needed such consolation is that in their Dionysiac ecstasies they had looked into the painful essence of life . |
| 26 | Or that was how it had looked on the final report . |
| 27 | How lovely she had looked at the early morning Mass . |
| 28 | In reminding himself that his responsibilities were for the President , he recalled the way that Mariana had looked at the old man that first day when he had met them out on the dock , the President casting for bonefish . |
| 29 | Nobody who had looked at the bald bullet-head and roly-poly self-confidence of the visitor , or heard his folksy repartee , could fail to have been reminded of an American grass roots politician on tour . |
| 30 | ‘ Life has changed , Shama , ’ I said looking at the Japanese thermos on the chair by my bed and the round box of Danish biscuits which I had been given ‘ in case you are hungry in the night ’ . |