Example sentences of "a [noun] to look [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He climbed the stairs , paused for a moment to look out of the landing window at the bay in sunshine , then continued on up . |
| 2 | A barricade of flagstones prised up from the floor had been erected for a final stand and the Collector , snatching a moment to look back towards it , was dismayed to see that the other party was already behind it , thus leaving himself and his men exposed on the flank . |
| 3 | High in the charts with their brilliant single Fait Accompli and with a new album Doppelganger out today they are a name to look out for . |
| 4 | She realised that more was called for and went on : ‘ I 'm curious because I 've never had a chance to look round here before . ’ |
| 5 | Graham Dodsworth , sales controller for Skipper of Darlington , said : ‘ Things should really take off at the weekend when people have a chance to look round our showrooms on their day off . ’ |
| 6 | The interruption gave the two kneeling men a chance to look up , and to see each other looking up . |
| 7 | ‘ You 'll be moving in there once we 're married , and it 'll give you a chance to look around . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ There was one thing that struck me as a bit odd when I had a chance to look back on it . |
| 9 | ‘ Did you get a chance to look in at the side studio , when they were there last Friday ? |
| 10 | ‘ From my point of view it was like a child climbing up on a wall to look in but she rushed back and said : ‘ No , I ca n't do it , ’ and started crying in my arms . |
| 11 | It ill becomes a foreigner to look in and pontificate on a short visit but it seemed to me that Australia as a rich country had given them only material goods , which merely sapped their self-sufficiency and their self-respect . |
| 12 | That was my original they had a competition to look out for people who 've got ideas about this new idea , it was a ridiculous idea to do a competition cos people did n't know what they were entering for , half the parishes were n't notified about it , |
| 13 | The crucial difference now is as Salome had declared , and is as true on a small and insubstantial island group like Tonga as in the capitals of Japan , Chile , Queensland or Korea : the difference is that the peoples of the Pacific no longer have a reason to look up to those adventurers from the old Atlantic . |
| 14 | My father who was not conversant with your rituals , was judged by you to be common ; but you consider me to be your equal at the very moment that I am in a position to look down upon my father who was common , and to be ashamed of my grandfather who was working-class . |
| 15 | This allows just over a year to look out for possible candidates and suitable premises ; with regard to the latter , teachers are asked to look out for centrally situated schools with a good hall and piano , close to mainline travel facilities . |
| 16 | BRITISH painting has always had a tendency to look in upon itself , but never more so than when the Napoleonic wars rendered travel on the Continent impossible . |
| 17 | As we arrive at the end of the year it is , perhaps , a time to look back at what has been achieved and to look forward to what lies ahead . |