Example sentences of "she [vb mod] look [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Before she left the party , she must look for the witch 's hat .
2 If Britain was to survive in the new world of rival empires she must look to the fitness of her population , both for the military and for the economic struggle .
3 She grabbed the wrap and hugged it round her , agonisingly aware of the swollen-eyed wreck she must look in the brightness .
4 At another time , He told her that she had conceived again , and when she , fearful that this would interrupt her ‘ contemplation ’ , asked how she should look after the child , Christ replied casually that he would find it a keeper .
5 She advanced to the desk she threw open the lid dramatically Mary-Lou drew in her breath and got away as far as she could looking at the inside of her desk with scared eyes
6 Anna was in the kitchen preparing vegetables , and from where she stood at the sink she could look across the water to Falmouth , a few hundred yards away : the Greenbank Hotel , the Royal Yacht Club , the new flats on the Packet Quays , then the backs of High Street and the pier .
7 She had come to look forward to the intervals between tenants , for at such times she would sit at the bedroom window that overlooked the street , which sloped swiftly to the main thoroughfare ; and guided by the landmarks of St Dominic 's church and , beyond that , St Ann 's , she could look over the chimney pots and catch a glimpse of the river gleaming between the busy traffic on it .
8 ONE of our bar staff recently came into the kitchen to ask if she could look in the soup kettle to see what colour the soup was .
9 I 'd go off to work , and she 'd look at the script and say : ‘ Who are you working with today , what are you doing ? ’
10 In return she 'd look after the ponies , school them and play polo . ’
11 Georgia was looking at the bracelet the same way she used to look at the hill when she was five , she was in awe of it , it might be too strong for her .
12 She would look at the rest later .
13 If the hon. Lady were sensible , she would look in the backyard of her own party .
14 She put a table in front of her to see how she would look from the lecture hall .
15 She will look after the company 's private client portfolio .
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