Example sentences of "[coord] look [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He prefered doing quiet things like throwing stones in the water or looking for his parents . |
| 2 | She complained that British men must be homosexual not to make a pass at her or look at her legs . |
| 3 | Forcing me to make that dreadful decision when we were first married — to either go abroad with him , or look after my father — was something I 've always found terribly hard to forgive . |
| 4 | I was a bad wife , I could n't even cook or look after his clothes . |
| 5 | The removal of this will mean that thousands of residents will be unable to obtain the legal assistance in matters like arranging family visits or to look into their own circumstances . |
| 6 | that section engineers at M S four level er acted as project coordinators or looked after their own element of the |
| 7 | Desperate ways to achieve desperate means Alan Murray charts the IRA 's strategy of using civilian carnage to further its message and looks at its possible next moves |
| 8 | She hands the child to her husband and looks at his feet . |
| 9 | He leans down and looks into my eyes . |
| 10 | He stops beside the kerb and looks into my face as if he has seen something there he never saw before . |
| 11 | At 27 , she works as a nurse with mentally handicapped children in Southend and looks after her own three children , Candice , five , Kieran , three and 14-month-old Kari . |
| 12 | It was not until she saw the colour of the light — deep warm gold — that she realised how long she must have been asleep and looked at her watch . |
| 13 | Many times during this pocket lecture she could have turned and looked at her instructor , and put him clean out of countenance merely by looking ; but she had not done it because she was so sure that he was the young man from the entrance booth , a licensed enthusiast , and entitled to his brief moments of emotional escape . |
| 14 | He put the papers down when he had finished them and looked at her long and steadily . |
| 15 | In December 19231 went up to Somerville — was shown my room and looked at my timetable . |
| 16 | I 've lived with three different families and looked after their children . |
| 17 | It often perches on posts listening and looking with its large eyes , which are dark and elfin-like . |
| 18 | When Gareth Davis had examined the greys thoroughly , running his hands over their muscles and looking at their teeth , Stephen said , ‘ They 're in your charge now , Davis . |
| 19 | She stood lighting a cigarette and looking at my mother out of the corners of her eyes . |
| 20 | At the first morning of rehearsal he began yawning and looking at his watch , wanting to be off for a drink . |
| 21 | Behind us the mug standing beside the tail car was yawning and looking at his watch . |
| 22 | I said , where next ? ’ the DS repeated , blowing out a stream of smoke and looking at his companion . |
| 23 | Millwall v Arsenal Arsenal still have to find their form of a year ago but they continue to pick up points at regular intervals , and with Marwood fit and Groves recovered from a virus they should have the resources to beat a Millwall side again lacking Briley and looking for their first League win since September 23 . |
| 24 | In minutes he was dressed and looking for his signallers at the Dutch HQ , for as second in command of the Company he must warn headquarters and the platoons in their hill positions above the town , as well as contacting Sparrow Force , whom he did not know were under attack the same night . |
| 25 | When they do , he 's probably so busy making tea , answering their demands for more sugar , and looking for his favourite mug in the debris that he ca n't concentrate on his red boxes . |
| 26 | ‘ How did you get on to him ? ’ asked Greg , threading his bulky self through the labyrinth of curving stairs and looking towards his guide apprehensively , ‘ I mean , what was it made you decide to bring the books out again ? ’ |
| 27 | It had something to do with opening his eyes and looking into her eyes . |
| 28 | A correction of this distorted male-oriented perspective involves going back to women themselves and looking through their eyes at the occupation of housewife . |
| 29 | Last night , a police spokesman said : ‘ We received reports of a man on the roof aiming a rifle and looking through its sights . |
| 30 | She opened the door before Massingham had time to ring , her handsome shield-shaped face composed under the light brown fringe , and looking in her shirt , slacks and leather jerkin as elegantly informal as if she had just come in from a country walk . |