Example sentences of "[conj] look [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , it was said that looking at the employee 's base was not the be-all and end-all . |
| 32 | Somebody said in the paper shop that looking for the papers er I thought , I could n't see any , I was starting to walk out I said have you finished with the papers , said no there they are in that cabinet |
| 33 | I would suggest that looking through the side glass of an aquarium would be a better subject than under the sea . |
| 34 | ( 9 ) An evidence questioning question questions that look at the veracity of the evidence , e.g. " On what do you think the weavers of the tapestry based their picture ? " |
| 35 | He had seen that look on the faces of mother ducks when they took their little flock down to the river for the first time . |
| 36 | Oh , I 've seen that look on the faces of People before . |
| 37 | In this hall we have good sound in all the seats , including those that look towards the conductor . |
| 38 | The rivers of Europe and America contain animals that look like the lancelet , though they are somewhat larger , up to 20 centimetres long . |
| 39 | Yeah except look at the pair of you look at the pair of you singing these I mean look at these songs you 're singing this is ridiculous . |
| 40 | The idea of confidence runs thus : Rather than look at the probability of getting this precise result , we find the probability of getting a less likely observed result . |
| 41 | Even his fond parents do n't call him that when he rampages through the flat creating mayhem , and Joyce was recently heard to declare that she 'd rather do Rob 's tax returns than look after the baby . |
| 42 | They achieved this by combining two different methods : a longitudinal study , following the same children for four years from before they were able in read until they had been at school for two or three years ; and a training programme that looked at the effect of giving pre-school children specific training in categorising sounds . |
| 43 | But it was theocratic kingship that was the foundation of his policy and his rulership rather than a kingship or emperorship that looked to the pope for sanction and direction . |
| 44 | … being the book that looked beyond the Machine Age |
| 45 | He was requested by Prime Minister James Callaghan to head a commission that looked into the future of the engineering profession in Britain , which kept him occupied for two and a half years . |
| 46 | Grandmother lived there in a house that looked over the water , but she 's dead now . ’ |
| 47 | The third wall was lined entirely with books , and the wall that looked over the garden was not a wall but a window , heavily shrouded with curtains of different fabrics and densities . |
| 48 | Standing at the window that looked over the grounds , she thought back over her short stay here in the house , tried to see how it might have been different — and then gave a wry , sad little smile . |
| 49 | People passing in the street would hear his voice booming through the big wisteria -hung window that looked down the hill . |
| 50 | Opposite was another room , smaller , that looked out the back . |
| 51 | We were hastily dismissed and only then did the staff realise the problems caused by 984 pupils searching for shoes , bags and coats in school corridors that looked like the after-effects of an explosion in an Oxfam shop . |
| 52 | She was wearing something lime-green and minuscule , with silver sandals adorning bare legs that looked like the stems of a slender plant . |
| 53 | Ace half turned back to the shuttle , pointed towards the sprouting hemisphere ( like chunks of cheddar stuck all over half a grapefruit , she thought ) , and aimed the suit towards the shape that looked like the nose of an asteroid cruncher . |
| 54 | Under the high side there was a grey Buick that I had seen Harvey driving and a long black Lincoln Continental that looked like the President of the United States had come over for pizza and beer . |
| 55 | The inspectorate er men I do n't know whether it 's the same as the one that looked after the coal field and all that , but erm we we had an inspector coming round every so often anyway . |
| 56 | It was er you know they came with a big traction engine and the thrashing mill and then they they got up early in the morning and there was the man that looked after the thrashing mill and fork from the carts onto the onto the mill . |
| 57 | GUIL stands up and looks over the audience . ) |
| 58 | Then he cleans the bed of needles and berries , spreads an old blanket over it , stretches himself at length , his hands folded under his head , and looks through the branches at what he can see of the blue sky . |
| 59 | It is no exaggeration to say that tomorrow there will be many drivers who owe their continued good health and looks to the fact that they bought an airbag-equipped Honda today . |
| 60 | It says it comes out of the recession with important increases in market share and looks to the future with great confidence . |