Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] looking [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foster parents can often claim fostering allowances of 2–3 times the Supplementary Benefit that the natural parent would have received for looking after the same child … which is peculiarly ironic when one considers that some children might not be in foster-care at all if their parents had adequate incomes in the first place ( Fairbairns , 1976 ) . |
| 2 | She heard him fumbling about looking for the lamp switch and then he found it . |
| 3 | ‘ I sat on the train and could see other commuters walking past looking at the man in horror . |
| 4 | The more opportunities he/she has of looking at the illustrations and reading the captions with you , the more he/she will come to recognise the words . |
| 5 | Most carers were aged 45–64 ; and six out of ten were committed to looking after the dependant for at least 50 hours a week . |
| 6 | Okay so if you can learn to concentrate on looking for the patterns and looking for , Oh well what sort of word is this , is it going to end in a K end in c sound so it 'll be C K. |
| 7 | This has to be approached by looking at the expert clause and other instructions given to the expert . |
| 8 | Beccaria starts by looking at the justification of the right to punish ; he concludes that it is to be found in the social contract whose central tenet he declares to be ‘ the greatest happiness of the greatest number ’ ( it is possible that he is responsible for originating this particular cliché ) . |
| 9 | This chapter starts by looking at the issue of control and discipline , and the related skills of questioning and reflection . |
| 10 | It analyses the problem of marketing to multi-individual buying structures , and concludes by looking at the applications of industrial purchase behaviour models . |
| 11 | She prayed they would not think of looking under the bed . |
| 12 | We thought we had an enormous pile but unfortunately our fire was not very long lasting and by 6 o'clock we were wandering about looking at the other , more professionally built conflagrations . |
| 13 | You may feel like looking behind the sofa . |
| 14 | She was mostly absorbed in looking after the younger brother . |
| 15 | Zap ! — and the one Henry most favoured , which seemed from looking at the label to be a sexier version of raw bleach — Finish 'Em It came in a huge blue bottle on the side of which was a picture of something that looked like a bluebottle with twelve legs keeling over , while a housewife in rubber gloves looked grimly on . |
| 16 | There 's a technique in nuclear physics , called neutron activation , which allows you to measure quantities of trace very small quantities of particular elements in materials and it 's been applied to looking at the concentration of arsenic in Napoleon 's hair , and you find that there are particular periods in his life when he got dosed with arsenic_ one 's not quite sure how — and at those particular times he was erm very ill ; it correlates very well with the historical evidence . |
| 17 | ‘ No more than usual in a prison this size , ’ the Governor answered without looking at the other man . |
| 18 | Pace that 's right you 've been cheating and looking on looking on the next page |
| 19 | This was done by looking at the spectrum of laser light scattered off the electrons in the plasma . |
| 20 | In many cases the question will be answered by looking at the terms of the contract between the parties although a description of the parties as " employer " and " employee " is not conclusive . |
| 21 | Sargent 's suggested solution to this problem can be seen by looking at the simple n = 3 case , which led to the restrictions of equation ( 3.50 ) . |
| 22 | No longer can the worth of an investment proposal be evaluated by looking at the immediate terms of the deal : the longer lasting impact of the structure of alliances must also be taken into account . |
| 23 | I would n't have done , if I had n't felt you deserved to be thanked for looking after the dogs . |
| 24 | Arthur Conway turned from looking at the man to Agnes as she quickly explained what she had sold the customer . |
| 25 | It has also helped in looking at the functions of the business in outline . |
| 26 | To be fair to myself , ’ she added with a faint smile , ‘ if you will insist on looking like the original swinging teenager it 's small wonder that the thought of trusting you with a really ill man put the fear of God up me . ’ |
| 27 | More reactive metals are more abundant in the earth 's crust as one can see by looking at the grass . |
| 28 | Or you may see exactly what you would see by looking through the glass at any point . |
| 29 | We begin by looking at the negative emotions . |
| 30 | Propagating roses by seed is more involved , so we will begin by looking at the less complicated vegetative methods favoured by a majority of amateur gardeners . |