Example sentences of "and look at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 JOHN HATFIELD examines the opportunities for Scottish companies in France and looks at the booming environment of a French region that is peculiarly similar to Scotland
2 When Patsy had walked up the short avenue and looked at the square house with its creeper and its shabby garden it seemed to her like a house on the front of a calendar .
3 ‘ Well ? ’ she pressed him , sitting up and looking at the broad back facing her .
4 And looking at the Palestinian revolution ‘ trom a viewpoint higher than my own ’ he regards it as ultimately a revolt reaching to the limits of Islam , a ‘ calling for a revision , probably even a rejection , of a theology as soporific as a Breton cradle ’ ( p. 88 ) .
5 Coun Taylor said : ‘ We are always ready to talk and look at the statistical evidence for increased safety measures .
6 In the daytime you can come back and look at the Old State House we 're coming up to and see the cobblestones which mark the place where blood was shed in the great Boston Massacre .
7 ’ ‘ Mon and look at the nice show in the League of Nations place , or thae big battleships and bombers painted on the walls over there .
8 Let's go to the end of the garden and look at the ghastly thing that Martin flogged us . "
9 I asked Duncan to come over the road and look at the unmade road where I 'd left Armstrong .
10 Professor John Ashworth , vice-chairman of the committee of vice-chancellors and principals ( CVCP ) , also urged Mr MacGregor to use ‘ a heaven-sent opportunity to go back to the drawing board and look at the entire issue of how students are supported — grants , loans and fees . ’
11 You do n't need to be a wine expert to make the right choice of wines for any of your Christmas meals — simply take a trip to Safeway , recently awarded the title of Supermarket Wine Merchant of the Year 92/93 and look at the staggering array of wines on offer .
12 But I say that er just er look at that , and look at the particular roof line .
13 And look at the wild sorrel !
14 You may see a guy wandering in and out groups and that 's a guy called Geoff who works for the British National Corpus and these are the people who are trying to have or produce ten million words of the written word and a hundred million erm spoken words , which is a corpus whereby , er come and look at the English language at some time in the future and identify and listen to some of your and your dialects and what you said so make sure you have lots of input as we 've got quite a broad spectrum of different dialects today but he 'll be wandering in and out er throughout today .
15 But try and look at the fundamental basis of what they 're trying to put over to you on the video , okay ?
16 erm Yes it 's quite interesting I mean the if you go and look at the computerised facility that I 'd found about communications training , there are something like three hundred and ninety two sources of training in Scotland .
17 And to look at the colourful display of begonias , geraniums and fuchsias set against the trees and shrubs , the unusual rockery plants , the miniature acres in their raised beds , linked pools and waterfall , emptying into a small bog garden , and the greenhouse brimming with plants raised from cuttings and seed , you would think the Doughtys spend hours every day keeping it all in trim .
18 Nicholson turned and looked at the other man contemptuously .
19 He turned and looked at the slender woman cowering in her chair .
20 She turned and looked at the distant figure of Dorcas and her eyes narrowed .
21 He stood up and looked at the following wagon .
22 She put the note to one side , and looked at the final message .
23 But when there was no retort from her granddaughter , she turned her head and looked at the young woman lying with her back against the head of the couch , her eyes closed , the muscles of her jaws showing white through the skin , and , her tone changing , she enquired , ‘ What is it , dear ?
24 She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals .
25 They sat and looked at the wonderful façade of the cathedral and watched people walking by , and Maggie was glad to stay in the light .
26 All I remember thinking of as I pushed the trolley and looked at the red face and eyebrows was , My friend , you are about to take the longest journey a man ever takes in this life .
27 He lifted his binoculars and looked at the vertical column of smoke , now no more than four miles to the east .
28 I stopped and looked at the big house .
29 In any case , most City people put politics to one side and looked at the nascent company as a simple business proposition .
30 She turned over and looked at the illuminated dial of her alarm clock .
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