Example sentences of "he [vb past] look [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edouard was on horseback ; he stopped to look at the child , who was about eight or nine years old , and exceptionally beautiful . |
| 2 | He stopped to look at the house and saw below it , on the shore , a large rectangular basin which seemed to have been blasted out of the rock at the foot of the cliff . |
| 3 | He bent to look at the fastening , then picked up one of the white stones and struck ; the glass tinkled thinly , a horrible sound . |
| 4 | He 'd looked at the sheet of newspaper with the long-necked figures and the rough lines , and had seen the type underneath and its story about a car bomb in the city centre . |
| 5 | I doubt if he 'd , I mean if he 'd looked at the constitution it was only a constitution , it was oh yes , that 's their constitution . |
| 6 | He would spend as much time as he could at Hillmarden , but the strain was beginning to tell and , guiltily , he came to look on the nights when he was able to stay at the London flat as a blessed escape . |
| 7 | When he came to look at the poem Miss Gilberd had intended to teach , Toby rather wondered at her judgement . |
| 8 | He turned to look into the valley , saw the helicopter break its position and race away as soon as he was safe . |
| 9 | His arm was grabbed , and he turned to look into the blonde 's entranced eyes . |
| 10 | He turned to look at the clock . |
| 11 | Behind him a car passed and he turned to look at the occupants . |
| 12 | And at that moment , as he turned to look at the girl again with a glint of admiration in his eyes , Ronni was aware of a reaction deep inside her . |
| 13 | He turned to look at the trees , but they were bare . |
| 14 | He turned to look across the clunch field to the distant row of houses , their yellow brick walls and mean square windows now plainly visible . |
| 15 | He slowed to look inside the complex as a black BMW 5 Series swept out and joined the traffic jam going north . |
| 16 | He offered to look at the engine of her car , an offer which was gratefully accepted . |
| 17 | He went to look at the window sill and there was this think it 's about time You did something about these . |
| 18 | You know when all this court business is on , and they had two hours at recess so he went to look at the cathedral with Steven and mum mentioned it and , and she said oh I think I 'll go and have a look round she said when all this is over cos dad , suppose he 'll never set foot in Norwich again and I said oh that 's silly cos it 's a , it is a lovely city . |
| 19 | He went to look at the ricks again . |
| 20 | He kept looking along the lines of men beside him . |
| 21 | He had looked at the children 's modelling and their puzzling drawings of oversized objects — single , primary colours and minute figures dwarfed by the chaotic world around them . |
| 22 | He had looked beyond the barriers which play a large part in the landscape of the area , fences and ‘ keep out ’ signs often barring the public from discovery . |
| 23 | He had been doing road duty when the first wagons rolled past , with a US Cavalry Escort , and he had looked upon the face of the Josephite leader and known that these were the last days of the world . |
| 24 | He had looked after the Camden Palace and was earning £270 a week at the Hippodrome on that dark June night . |
| 25 | At that time , and erm she had n't known anything about it , because he had looked after the benefit , and she thought he 'd been paying the rent . |
| 26 | He had looked in the mirror after the card arrived . |
| 27 | In the foyer he paused to look at the posters , and learned that he had just seen a comedy called Pull The Other One ! |
| 28 | I 've got an appointment with — ’ he paused to look at the name at the foot of the letter which had been included in his holdall at the station ‘ -K . |
| 29 | Ross knew he had already waited too long , but he continued to look through the scope , hoping for a clean shot at his chosen mark . |
| 30 | While she drank his hot , sweet tea , he continued to look in the drawer , picking over its contents and clicking his tongue . |