Example sentences of "looks [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | — This trend to professional academic specialization is confirmed by G. B. Harrison , writing in 1940 on the Review 's first fifteen years : " It will hardly be denied by anyone who looks through the files of the Review that the earlier numbers were more interesting than the later " , which he put down to the " increasing specialization in English , as in all forms of study " . |
2 | Then he cleans the bed of needles and berries , spreads an old blanket over it , stretches himself at length , his hands folded under his head , and looks through the branches at what he can see of the blue sky . |
3 | It looks through the buildings which make up English towns and cities at the processes of life which produced and used them , and so attempts to explain them in human terms . |
4 | One listens for and looks for the signs of a presence — a call , a disorder in the green face of the forest signalling a monkey 's passage — and most times one must be satisfied with that . |
5 | She rises , moves the improvised drying rack of Riva 's clothing to one side , feeds more coal to the fire , settles back and looks for the words in the flames . |
6 | In the common river genus Cottus , or sticklebacks , or seashore blennies , the male defends a territory ; the female visits him , lays her eggs , which he then fertilizes ; the female departs ; and the male then looks after the eggs . |
7 | But from Monday to Friday , BHSI qualified head girl Hilary Dodd , together with three assistants , looks after the horses and stables . |
8 | Who looks after the horses at weekends now |
9 | ‘ I told that miserable bloke who looks after the lorries the same fing meself , ’ she told her friends . |
10 | Someone who looks after the youngsters and is co-operative . |
11 | Amanda Hornby has gardened here for 20 years and her husband ; he looks after the lawns . |
12 | The male guards the next , aerates the eggs and looks after the larvae until they are able to feed for themselves . |
13 | I told you , I was it was only the man who looks after the buildings . |
14 | However , Steve 's 20-year-old son Mark looks after the dogs when dad 's away . |
15 | She looks after the dogs at the moment to keep herself busy . |
16 | My housekeeper looks after the dogs . |
17 | Looks after the guys with guns . ’ |
18 | Mrs Jones ' mother looks after the children in the afternoon . |
19 | and who looks after the children ? |
20 | When he 's not boxing , Michael of Sherburn Road , Durham looks after the needs of customers in the Riverside Club Restaurant and is a popular figure at the club . |
21 | He also has a full-time administrator and researcher who looks after the books , and a part-time secretary . |
22 | Wh what happened is , Richard was the team section leader , Dave historically looks after the bearings sales . |
23 | However , some of his advice to Jane Fowler looks like the utterings of someone who enjoys that elevated status rather too much . |
24 | But if KaDeWe looks like the others inside , there is something very different about it outside . |
25 | Why ITV are pulling plugs : Neil Wilson looks behind the screens at the changing picture of televised sport |
26 | They almost ran down the road , drawing looks from the passers-by . |
27 | If she wants to find her relatives , I suggest that she looks in the villages . |
28 | Looks in the clouds , scorning the base degrees |
29 | On Martin , where I was , someone would go to the washroom which looks over the pathways to act as lookout , so hardly anyone did stay in bed once the screw had gone off . |
30 | And the elder Miss Snoot at her window high up in Old Odborough looks over the roofs of the town . |