Example sentences of "[adv] look [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's like a a wooden box with a glass lid and inside looks like perspex , is that right , perspex wheels |
| 2 | Then , right after he and Mr. Mendez left , a mustered-out soldier from Thomas came in looking for passage to Bisbee . |
| 3 | George came in looking like death . |
| 4 | In nature small fish are constantly looking for food , and will eat small amounts whenever they find them . |
| 5 | Thus Anderson may have been more prophetic than was realized at the time ( Earley 1988:61 ) : Parents are basically looking for reassurance about their children 's schools and teachers . |
| 6 | But anyway , the whole problem we face now is how to do more samples because we 're only looking at intercourse in the cores of , say , a thousand or two thousand year spacing , we 've got to get down to a few hundred year spacing to really see some of the changes in climate that we know have gone on . |
| 7 | He knows that he is only looking at ink on paper , yet his nervous system responds to it in the same kind of way as it might respond to a real woman . |
| 8 | Er so looking at inheritance tax , er the house the estate the car , capital etcetera all count towards it . |
| 9 | It will create interest in the foreground which I think is important and often , especially looking across water an expanse of water if you have n't got any interesting detail in the foreground yo you have to go a long way into the picture before it begins to get interesting . |
| 10 | If all that does n't stop the person , they are obviously looking for trouble of some sort and you must quickly decide whether to lash out first or run for safety . |
| 11 | Ianthe remembered as she walked along looking for number 28 that her dressmaker had lived very near here , but somehow , after she had made one or two mourning dresses for her after her mother had died , Ianthe had lost touch with her . |
| 12 | ‘ He 's better looking on TV … ’ |
| 13 | Western observers commented that Gorbachev was apparently looking to religion to help provide the spiritual renewal which he saw as an essential part of perestroika . |
| 14 | A consistently competitive rate is part of the deal , and one need only look at Abbey National 's interest rates over the past few years . |
| 15 | From a high dune vantage point one can only look in awe at the purple dappled carpet spread out below . |
| 16 | You had only to look at holiday romances , she told herself , or shipboard affairs , to know that unfamiliar surroundings and propinquity acted as a hothouse , a forcing ground for unrealistic situations . |
| 17 | He had gone in to look for adventure , but had found love , he told Lord Henry . |
| 18 | ‘ I went in to look for adventure , but I found love , ’ Dorian told Lord Henry . |
| 19 | When western doctors went in to look for thyroid and other illnesses , they could not tell whether the apparent increase they discovered in these things was due to radiation or to the fact that no one had done such a thorough diagnosis before . |
| 20 | Richard Wright 's study suggests that whilst police do not necessarily look for evidence of extreme violence , they do seek evidence of some violence or threat . |
| 21 | ‘ There 's a garage on your right so look for exhaust fumes — someone 's about to move , they may pull out without looking . |
| 22 | What Serbia had failed to achieve earlier in the 20th century suddenly looked within reach . |
| 23 | Science has got to go on looking for knowledge . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's just not possible for me to pack a briefcase and go and stay in a Hilton somewhere looking for business and agents . |
| 25 | It is very much to the credit of my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for the Environment that they have returned to basics and have not looked at finance in isolation . |
| 26 | Adimov had not looked at Holly , he was far to the front of the slow-moving line with his cronies , the iron men of the huts . |
| 27 | It 's morning and all that — it just looks like night . |
| 28 | Just looks like just looks like toffee and they just roll it like that and then do it like that . |
| 29 | To you it just looks like paper . |
| 30 | The Duchess was desperately looking for help . |