Example sentences of "had a look [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Erm yeah let's see if there 's anything else I , I remember thinking when I , when I had a look through this erm so er yeah erm oh great so |
2 | and we had a look over that temple , it was the Abdul Sindal temples . |
3 | I remember David had a look of amazement on his face because at this point he had quite a few gold albums , but he still did n't have the money because the rate that they made money went straight back into making the show even bigger and better , and everybody travelled in style . |
4 | Although the Hexams ' Thames-side tenement , a former mill , in Our Mutual Friend , is in itself atrocious — ‘ roof , and walls , and floor … alike had a look of decomposition ’ — it is the effort to make the place a home — ‘ a small dresser , making a spare show of the commonest articles of crockery and cooking vessels ’ that is drawn to the reader 's attention . |
5 | Gavin had a look of concentration on his face now , as though two parts of his brain were attempting the tricky and little-practised operation of communicating with each other . |
6 | He had a look of intense concentration for several seconds . |
7 | It seemed to me that the house had a look of gentle triumph . |
8 | He had a look of childish bewilderment on his face . |
9 | Was she imagining it , or had a look of caution entered his eyes ? |
10 | Though she found it hard to judge his age , he had a look of unabashed power that only years of experience could brand on to a man 's face . |
11 | While in the big house , I had a look at my bagpipes . |
12 | I had a look at the bagpipes before pulling the rucksack onto my back , they seemed to be all right — wonder when I 'll play them again ? |
13 | Because , he said , I had a look at you last night , did n't I. |
14 | Later having cut the ties and had a look at the will , he made another in which he repeated the legacy as follows : ‘ All the legacies I have left to people in the will which I have opened I want to be valid , and whatever is written in it . ’ |
15 | I suppose you whizzed straight down there and had a look at your property ? ’ |
16 | On waking I had a look at Nigel and then telephoned Alan , to find out when he would be ready to drive him to the crematorium mortuary . |
17 | I had a look at him . |
18 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
19 | well I went down and had a look at it as a kid you know . |
20 | ‘ Prentice — had a look at this — ’ ( then the word ‘ while ’ , crossed out heavily , followed by the word ‘ before ’ , also nearly obliterated ) ‘ — Ca n't find any more ; R had another folder . |
21 | Has anyone ever actually gone over there and had a look at them ? |
22 | They cawed us out of Newhaven , had a look at the weather , noted the lack of sandwich packs on the rear promenade , and turned back . |
23 | So I had a look at it from the outside and I changed my original opinion . |
24 | I had a look at a chair like it , later , and the wood was hard as chunki-crete . ’ |
25 | I , I says , I 'll let you know sometime today or tomorrow and er anyway , he was expecting me to say at least two or three or four weeks you know er because I 'd put the situation I had no tools , no nothing and erm I er had a look at it and I thought what I could do , and I says I can let you have them in a week . |
26 | I had a look at Newley 's papers . |
27 | Ah had a look at the Royal Geographical Society 's latest maps , some of the charts , too . |
28 | Had a look at the riggin' ? ’ |
29 | So everybody was telling me about this so I went away over and had a look at it . |
30 | That 's why I think it 's time we had a look at his flat . " |