Example sentences of "looking [prep] the place " in BNC.
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| 1 | He entered the maze of streets and alleyways below Piazza Amedeo , looking for the place where he had seen the little beggar girl with the bandaged leg . |
| 2 | It buys weapons while Iraqi arms purchases are embargoed , and while UN inspectors prowl the Iraqi desert destroying chemical weapons and looking for the places where Mr Hussein may still be trying to build nuclear ones . |
| 3 | ‘ Look , lady — ’ little Cleo staggered back into the room clutching a bright red balloon' — I just happened to be there , looking after the place while the owner was away . |
| 4 | ‘ You do n't mind looking after the place for a few days , do you ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Oh — well , I suppose I 'll have to spend my time in just looking round the place . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I was just looking at the place . |
| 7 | They will also use the data from two major surveys which have been funded directly by the ESRC : the survey , for which Paul Edwards is primarily responsible , looking at the place of industrial relations considerations within managerial decision-making in large manufacturing establishments , and the so-called ‘ Higher Level Survey ’ , for which Paul Marginson is responsible , looking at the hitherto neglected area of enterprise-level decision-making in industrial relations . |
| 8 | Next Tuesday it 's the turn of drama and literature , and I shall be looking at the place of Britain in Europe with the help of Gabriel Droskapovchy . |