Example sentences of "he [vb past] look at the [noun sg] " 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 | When he came to look at the poem Miss Gilberd had intended to teach , Toby rather wondered at her judgement . |
| 7 | He turned to look at the clock . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He offered to look at the engine of her car , an offer which was gratefully accepted . |
| 10 | He went to look at the window sill and there was this think it 's about time You did something about these . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He sat looking at the river with his shoulders hunched up . |
| 14 | He sat looking at the fire with lowered eyelids , a contented expression on his face , looking like a big overfed cat . |
| 15 | He wanted to look at the contract and check it out and really , with no trouble at all — I think he wrote a couple of letters and said that Pitt was not acting in the capacity as manager that David required and that was that . ’ |
| 16 | Mary Rose was happy for him and when he suggested looking at the house with its quaint-sounding name , she was enthusiastic . |
| 17 | He stood looking at the floor , examining the toes of his shoes with an expression of deep concern on his face . |