Example sentences of "look [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This strategy recommends that , whenever psychological theorists consider a psychological process , they should also look for the counter-process . |
| 2 | After two more appearances , during which you are inconveniently looking the wrong way , you decide to go and look for the ghost . |
| 3 | ‘ The coming of age of [ political ] democracy in our society ’ was , in the event , marked in 1979 not by the return to office of the Labour Government which had written the terms of reference for the Bullock Committee , and to which the trade union movement might look for the advancement of industrial democracy as the movement had specified it . |
| 4 | Externally the palazzo is severe and a little dull — though you should look for the symbol of the Viscontis , the snake eating the saracen — but inside it is exquisite , comprising two courtyards which are occasionally open to the visitor ; as the palazzo now houses private offices , visiting is not unrestrained . |
| 5 | Where will Mary look for the coin when she comes back in ? |
| 6 | Typically , three-year-olds , but not four-year-olds , say that Mary will look for the coin where it really is — in the blue box . |
| 7 | In other words , we should always look for the origin of social norms and consider whether the values and expectations reproduced through socialisation serve the interests of any particular group or class . |
| 8 | And the first one said , ‘ Who 's gon na look for the money ? ’ ) |
| 9 | This assumption suggests that researchers should look for the contrary , but socially shared , themes within the thinking of members of social groups . |
| 10 | She did not look for the man . |
| 11 | In the compact-disc OED , on the other hand , you can look for the word " love " not just in the entry for " love " but in every entry in the whole dictionary ; the search will find " love " in any quotation anywhere in the entire dictionary . |
| 12 | Before she left the party , she must look for the witch 's hat . |
| 13 | We could look for the gamma rays that the primordial black holes emit during most of their lifetime . |
| 14 | That will give us plenty to work on in the next decade , and that is probably as far as we should look for the time being . |
| 15 | And er Oh and if he If the time of the the er tinkers that they came round , if they came round about the time of the the pig killing they would look for the piece of bacon . |
| 16 | Did you drink it ? or Arthur drank it will look for the referent of it among liquids . |
| 17 | So instead of immediately looking for the weakness in a woman , I will look for the strength and I will discount the fact that she might have a great body or be simply beautiful . |
| 18 | You should look for the author 's name in the name or author catalogue . |
| 19 | In other words , I mean I 'm retired and I mean the point is that my erm experience goes back into the er into the dark ages I can almost say because in these days , you probably realise , I mean if anybody buys a video you do n't ask you do n't look for the book of instructions you ask about a five year old kiddy how to programme it ! |
| 20 | You must not look for the book until you reach the shelf carrying its class number . |
| 21 | Can I have my ring back and then Christopher can go and look for the ring that he had on his head , he had a wooden one on his head , do you remember ? |
| 22 | Would you like to go and look for the ring dear ? |
| 23 | But rather than be diverted by the red herring of whether or not such a category should exist or by the tricky question of how love should be expressed outwith marriage , let us not look for the borderline . |
| 24 | They 'd look for the car , and when they could n't find it , they 'd probably come back . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd love to go and look through the window with you some time , ’ Benny offered . |
| 26 | Insurance The chairman will look through the portfolio to ascertain the details . |
| 27 | Insurance The chairman will look through the portfolio to ascertain the details . |
| 28 | Big Cassie was telling me a story about a couple of riveters that worked together , a family , brothers or cousins or something , and er she says that the guy was a riveter , he used to Maybe if the guy was on the inside holding , on the riveter on the outside this I 'm sure she said they were brothers , he would shout one of them from outside you know , shout his name and the boy would look through the hole you know , and he 's he would spit on him he would spit through the hole . |
| 29 | It means that the photographer can actually look through the lens with the aid of mirrors and so view exactly what the photograph will frame . |
| 30 | It , it 's all that and then you can just look through the amplifier |