Example sentences of "[vb pp] look [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had heard reports of a pirate ship in Black Hill Cove and had come looking for the pirates . |
| 2 | This time it was an inspector I who had come looking for the wing commander , his sergeant and his constable . |
| 3 | Unlike the United States Supreme Court , which can delve deep into the deliberations of the Founding Fathers to try to elucidate what was meant by a particular provision of the Constitution , British courts are not permitted to look at the proceedings of Parliament in order to determine what Parliament really meant . |
| 4 | She had come to look at the frescos of Sandweg , the frescos that interpreted the story of the Massacre of the Innocents — the slaughter of the male children of Bethlehem at the behest of Herod . |
| 5 | The time has come to look at the Treaty of European Union and the philosophy which lies behind it in a little more detail . |
| 6 | Mrs Heaton said : ‘ I certainly did not expect this we had come to look at the architecture . ’ |
| 7 | It 's expected to look at the affect of the closure and what can be done about it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | For more weeks than I care to remember I have been working on a Panorama programme designed to look at the future of the Tory Party , even beyond Thatcherism . |
| 11 | The programme was designed to look at the skills and knowledge needed by hospitality industry managers , at all levels in every sector of the profession , to operate successfully within Britain and Continental Europe . |
| 12 | If you could be trusted to look after the kid properly , he would n't need clothes from other people , would he ? ’ |
| 13 | The result was a system in which the government never changed hands , but instead was carried out by those who could be trusted to look after the affairs of state . |
| 14 | I should have stopped looking at the pictures then , when past and present had clashed in my mind and made no meaning , but I went on . |
| 15 | I 'd also stopped looking at the sculpture . |
| 16 | It is primarily by the spreading of awareness of foreign legal systems among our students that we can hope to accelerate the process of harmonization and to produce practitioners and judges of the future prepared to look beyond the horizon of their own legal system . |
| 17 | The Directorate have therefore decided to look at the whole of our service provision on a TEAM basis . |
| 18 | Well they had to get their own machines out an there 's one old boy had a stitcher , a be he looked ninety , he probably was n't , and er he was chu , it was just after lunch and he was chewing apple and old Jo , I was working with so you know , Jim someone 's I said look at the silly old B , I said ! |
| 19 | It is no longer enough to make a simple count of publications ; some attempt must be made to look at the informational content ( bibliographies ) , peer group assessment ( citations ) , and long-term value to the academic community ( review articles ) . |
| 20 | It is no longer enough to make a simple count of publications ; some attempt must be made to look at the informational content ( bibliographies ) , peer group assessment ( citations ) , and long-term value to the academic community ( review articles ) . |
| 21 | Rather than try to disentangle the scores of relationships examined between animals and plants in this area by putting them into categories of predation or dispersal mechanism , an attempt is made to look at the relationships of particular taxonomic groups of animals and their food plants . |
| 22 | Starting from Birkdale Summit , an initial detour may be made to look into the open shaft of Jingling Pot nearby , after which a pathless course must be steered south-west across tedious grass to reach and climb the rough slopes building up to the Edge . |
| 23 | To personalise it , the little figures in the bus could be made to look like the children at the party . |
| 24 | He is also instructed to look at the books provided in the church for such as him when he hears Mass . |
| 25 | They are taught to look for the common signs of preparation that precede offences . |
| 26 | Ms McKeown said : ‘ No-one is better placed to look after the health of their workers than NHS employers , yet they are almost wholly negligent in this area . |
| 27 | Following on this discussion , the shop decided that it needed to have a policy on career development and it was suggested that ACTS and Staff Council should produce a joint paper. ; A group is to be formed to look at the paper with Sarah Hughes , Bridget Middleton and Peter West in consultation with colleagues ; they will consult with Staff Council concerning a joint paper . |
| 28 | As soon as Edward III died ( Wakefield being an executor of his will ) and a general reconciliation was mooted to look after the young Richard II , Wakefield was replaced ( 19 July 1377 ) . |
| 29 | It was a private vehicle , painted to look like the Army . |
| 30 | Dublin sources last night told The Scotsman that Mr Van Meirt had undertaken to look into the matter , and said he would be asking the UK Government for details of what had been offered to the American company . |