Example sentences of "[be] look [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bond Street had been looked over and found wanting : the clothes not displayed as they should be , the new vendeuse lacking in charm . |
| 2 | He lay on his side , holding the covers over him by their edges , gazing at some of his copies of Vogue , which Tessa had been looking through and left lying on the carpet in front of the fire , where they glowed pink and red . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm in my 30s now , ’ she adds , ‘ and a lot of my friends are looking round and saying , ‘ Why do n't you have a family , a husband and a baby ? ’ |
| 4 | It would not be eaten — she had not the faintest illusion of that — but it would be looked on and smiled over and would bring back happy memories and it was all she could think of to signify her reborn affection . |
| 5 | The ones who were looking at them were looking silently and glancing at their catalogues , and the rest were talking about other matters — mostly about where they had last met . |
| 6 | So that few minutes at the end is important for picking up these extra marks you 've been trying to throw away , okay , where you can do it , and the few minutes at the beginning is to look through and find that question wherever it was , that one on the last page . |
| 7 | But what I ca n't do is to look back and saying you 've been , you are like this now but |
| 8 | Hennessy was looking around and trying not to seem too pleased with himself . |
| 9 | unless he was looking around and see if it had been bumped in the night |
| 10 | By spreading his proposals over the next three years Norman Lamont sent out the message that he was looking ahead and planning for the future , said Mr Wellerd . |
| 11 | The young Eric was looking away and picking his nose , looking bored . |