Example sentences of "[verb] look [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I just want to look at a simple class of demand function , right , which we could write , if I can get a pen that works we write the demand function as P equals A over Q to the beta . |
| 2 | One , we 're going to look at why well trained staff are , are so important to the C U , secondly we 're going to look at things responsibility training is and lastly we want to look at a systematic approach that you can take as training . |
| 3 | In Chapter 5 I propose to look at a different aspect of metalinguistic politics : the way in which grammarians and linguists have projected a male/ female dichotomy on to the languages of the world , and their attempts to use grammar as a tactical weapon in the battle of the sexes . |
| 4 | In her day , Mrs Thatcher tried to look like a normal human being and went shopping . |
| 5 | Indeed Law determined not to try to look like a great man and therein lay the secret this success . |
| 6 | Isotonic drinks The party is over Soviet statues The icons of communism topple Smart drugs Safe , legal and absolutely useless John Major First anniversary of the coup Gazza crop Who wants to look like a Roman emperor ? |
| 7 | Nor do I have the time to go looking for a suitable crew . ’ |
| 8 | I did n't have it in mind to go looking for a four-piece group . |
| 9 | Watch him wobble onto the dance floor as he goes looking for a decent record collection ( ie no Alice Cooper or Frank Zappa ) in CodeMasters ' happenin' hit … |
| 10 | For the first time Aranyos seemed uncertain how to proceed , sucking his lip thoughtfully for several seconds before continuing , ‘ It involves looking into a curious business which could prove to be a complete dead end , namely an attack on a girl in the Bauernmarkt last Saturday evening . |
| 11 | Dr Neil avoided looking at a bridling McAllister , particularly when Mrs Darrell went on to say , still in the same shriek , ‘ Hope she 's honest , Neil . |
| 12 | ‘ Stop looking like a frightened little rabbit . |
| 13 | I bend to look under a low archway in a dark corner and find a narrow spiral staircase , designed to accommodate only very small and undernourished skivvies . |
| 14 | There are three reasons for this : first , women dress differently from ‘ 20 men all wearing pinstripe suits ’ , making them more memorable ; second , they offload their emotions over redundancy much more quickly , making them better prepared to look for a new position ; and third , because of the so-called ‘ glass ceiling ’ , those women who do make it to the top are ‘ slightly better ’ than their male competitors . |
| 15 | Even Lord Beddington was upset , being made to look like a damn fool before Her Majesty 's son . |
| 16 | No one likes to be made to look like a mere creature of chance . |
| 17 | He was n't happy , but could only agree when I said I was sure that he would n't want to look at a naked man . |
| 18 | It was true , she did n't want to look like a timid imitation of Faye , but at the same time the possibility of learning more about style was an attractive one . |
| 19 | So we agreed to look for a new approach " . |
| 20 | Therefore , they tend to look for a certain ‘ type ’ . |
| 21 | There were very few birdwatchers , about sixteen in the county , and it was quite different in those days — there was none of this rushing around the countryside , 2,000 people going to look at a rare bird . |
| 22 | Also , he was not going to accept it , he was going to look for a real motive for this murder . |
| 23 | That 'll make you look older and I 'm going to look like a bloody prat ! |
| 24 | I tell you I 'm not going to look like a bloody scruff at work . |
| 25 | Meredith was surprised he always had to look for a hidden motive . |
| 26 | Actually , I missed some good ones in the couple of days ' holiday I took ; if I 'd just bothered to look at a single fucking news-stand after I left Stromeferry I 'd have seen this story starting to break about this guy — ‘ The Red panther ’ the tabloids decided on eventually — murdering these right-leaning pillars of the community . |
| 27 | I picked up a book , but put it down again and began looking at a tiny red spider on the leaf of a geranium , ad lost count of time . |
| 28 | ‘ I thought it was time I began looking like a human being , ’ she snapped . |
| 29 | Because it , it 's terrifying looking at a blank piece of paper when we needed ways to start the comment . |
| 30 | His pacifism was couched in the violent language of subversion and revolution , and long before 1917 he began to look for a distinctive Scottish way out of the war . |