Example sentences of "were [verb] look [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although former Neville men were predisposed to look to the duke , Gloucester still had to work at being a good lord in order to give substance to the relationship . |
| 2 | Although former Neville men were predisposed to look to the duke , Gloucester still had to work at being a good lord in order to give substance to the relationship . |
| 3 | The House may be interested to know that , because we were seeking to look at the effect of NHS management reforms over the first six months , we did not draw attention to the fact that the number of people who have been waiting for more than one year on in-patient lists is 37 per cent . |
| 4 | Because of the constraints of space , the number of guests had to be severely limited but during the afternoon more visitors were invited to look around the Lodge and see for themselves this latest jewel in the Association 's welfare crown . |
| 5 | Soldiers were beginning to look at the clock and fumble with equipment , apparently preparing for a guard change . |
| 6 | Although BT said they were continuing to look at the results of the experiment , initial findings included the fact that not only was BT satisfied with productivity achieved but the staff themselves were only too sorry to see it end . |
| 7 | found that when right handers were asked to look to the left while hearing such sets of words , decisions were made on non-semantic grounds significantly more often than when subjects looked to the right . |
| 8 | At the same time , more IBMers were encouraged to look at the outside via secondments or community links . |
| 9 | Unemployed workers were encouraged to look on the NUWM as a " trade union of the unemployed " acting as far as possible as their representative . |
| 10 | His sight was coming back but he still seemed to have some uneven blindness , as if he were trying to look at the world through a ragged hole in a postage stamp . |
| 11 | In 1935 Bill Pedler and his wife were appointed as Club Stewards , in addition to Bill being the Professional , and Suttons were engaged to look after the course for a year . |