Example sentences of "[adv] look [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well Sandy , we 've only looked at a few of the things in your shed and a very few of your photographs but it 's been fascinating . |
| 2 | So looks like a day in tomorrow . |
| 3 | Merely looking for a person is not an assault : Arobieke [ 1988 ] Crim LR 314 ( CA ) . |
| 4 | that and so on , erm , erm , I , it would be nice in fact if the er Ipswich evening tabloid which gave us prominence to this rule er would give just a little space to er this latest development , erm but I would like to , not being excessively caracole I mean reading this document I do feel a slight er switch on your comments on er Pipers Vale , er which you note , there are no er nationally er or er common species which sounds as though you have designs on it , erm I , I wonder if this would be the place to ask you , you know , to make some sort of statement about Pipers Vale , you know that we are basically looking for a route which does not touch on Pipers Vale |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm only looking for a taxi . ’ |
| 6 | And you only have to see a police uniform through the door to feel racked with guilt , even though you 've done nothing wrong and he 's only looking for a lost cat . |
| 7 | I do find that most people who come out here on short contracts are only looking for a paid holiday . |
| 8 | Tt and we 're obviously looking at a process of land reform which has , has undergone a number of changes and I think we , we 've begun to see some of the influences on those changes and particularly over the , the last week or so the this has . |
| 9 | While Lee 's claims on Dickerson are evidently still large , perhaps he 'd better look for a new cinematographer now that his old pal has a director 's credit . |
| 10 | But then of course Paula was so lovely she had only to look at a boy to have him crazy about her , Sally thought wretchedly . |
| 11 | Ellen wondered if she should perhaps look for a replacement , but put it off . |
| 12 | I mean I suppose there is in all social work in a sense , that if you go in to look at a family and , and you 're trying to assess you know whether the children should be taken into care , well you 're exercising a a sort of statutory erm er sort of responsibility , and as far as the clients are concerned , er if you , like that can sort of get in the way of er er a more human sort of relationship if you see what I mean , because |
| 13 | If the carer moves in to look after a couple ( eg elderly parents ) on the death of one spouse the tenancy goes to the surviving spouse . |
| 14 | African tree hoppers gather in groups at the top of plant stems and together look like a spike of withered flowers . |
| 15 | What actually happened was that a colleague of mine , Dave Walton and I , got together to look at a rather esoteric aspect of molecular motion , thinking of making molecules which were very , very long and had very simple structure but could have perhaps erm very complicated what we call dynamic motion , but there was some very good chemistry involved and we erm put this project together for the Sussex Chemistry Bithesis programme , and erm the student who took on this particular project , Alexander , spent two years learning how to do the synthesis and developed a lot of ability in this area ; he also learned how to do the spectroscopic experiments and studied the analysis of molecular motion , and he was able to do this on top of the course work that he did , and in fact this particular project and Alexander , who did the work himself , and the subsequent exciting sort of repercussions of the project have all made me a rather firm believer in the course here , and that in fact undergraduates can do research and also that it 's a very good training for the future . |
| 16 | After entering I found it came from a little sister of those drowned Children , that was singing to a bundle of clouts , rudely put together to look like a Doll , which she held in her arms . |
| 17 | They will rightly look to a Labour Government who will not look at the matter in the narrow economic calculus that we have heard from Conservative Members but will recognise that , unless we are prepared to accept the role of women in the labour force , we will fail as an economy to receive and achieve our full potential . |
| 18 | Their heroes reflect their psychological needs ; disappointed by the weak father , they not only look for a strong one but try to identify with men who fulfil at the same time infantile and sadistic fantasies , such as Che Guevara or Mao Tsetung … |
| 19 | So look for a college which is accredited by CIFE or the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education ( BAC ) . |
| 20 | The divider sheets are not necessarily replaced when new statutes are added , so look for a recent statute in its proper chronological place , and if necessary check with the cumulative supplement before deciding that it is not included . |
| 21 | So look for a neutral tone carpet , in shades of blue , pink or green with perhaps a delicate floral design . |
| 22 | Remember that when a probate or letters of administration constitute one of the title documents it 's unlikely in any event to be handed over , so look for a covenant for its production and if one is n't abstracted , make a requisition on the point , although you should note covenants for production are not necessary in deeds giving rise to first registration . |
| 23 | Of his contemporaries Eliot was one of the few who not merely looked to a culturally united Europe but knew personally many of the writers and intellectual leaders on the Continent . |
| 24 | But the jumble of letters only looked like a chorus of angels skipping hand in hand across the sheet . |
| 25 | You know , you go on looking for a solution to this difficult problem . |
| 26 | ‘ Folly , I do n't want you to go on looking for a place of your own . |
| 27 | This room has six comfortable-looking armchairs with coarse horsehair covers , carpets , pleasant wall hangings , and generally looks like a plush — if exceedingly dusty — lounge . |
| 28 | As to the much discussed pearwood wall panels , Italo Rota explains : ‘ We were looking for a simple idea that would allow visitors who had already looked at a good many paintings to connect some of them with unfamiliar settings ; the art of memory tells us that it is easier to retain images in one 's head if one can link them to a specific space ’ . |
| 29 | He no longer looks to a divine plan to resolve the contest : ‘ the minds of men are the great wheels of things ; thence come changes and alterations in the world . ’ |
| 30 | The woman had not looked like a prostitute , besides which had that been the case Fedorov 's driver should have been taking a walk along the quay , or just sitting gazing tactfully ahead . |