Example sentences of "check [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They spend seven to ten days in a particular area , seeing bands , checking out the local press and radio stations , getting contacts for future reference . |
| 2 | One , like any new band we were checking out the opposition . |
| 3 | At first you 'd think they were just looking but really they were turning things over and over in their hands to see how they were made and checking out the cut so they could rip them off . |
| 4 | You 're in a position of strength as a potential client who is checking out the service on offer . |
| 5 | You can spend an enormous amount of time checking out the possibilities for a particular audio-visual presentation only to find the organiser or speaker changes his mind . |
| 6 | Many passengers specially request to sit in the row of seats immediately behind the pilot , and you can see them checking out the instruments with the guide published in the airline 's in-flight magazine . |
| 7 | PUNK ROCK has already become horribly stymied , yet bands like Magazine and The Banshees are checking out the fresher , stranger places to take the music . |
| 8 | David Baker from Mercury Rev is checking out the soon-to-be-signed-to-Geffen St Johnny ; Sonic Youth are hanging out with Cell , no doubt priming the newcomers for their forthcoming Euro jaunt with the Yoof ; and Canadian lungers Sloan fall victim to the complimentary charm of the Lemonheads ' Evan Dando . |
| 9 | He takes me in at a glance and starts peering around the room , checking out the sofa , examining the ceiling . |
| 10 | Tunnels will also be popular with many of the species and some , like the Ancistrus , will use them for breeding homes ( they may be sexed by checking out the bristles — the male will sport the longest ) . |
| 11 | Here , an anonymous Company shrink checking out the efficiency of Spiderglass Southern , he was going to see the woman he 'd enslaved to him by playing God in her mind . |
| 12 | If you 're checking out the bulletin boards for Scan , check the availability if a program called Update , which automates the installation of McAfee programs . |
| 13 | He was walking just ahead of her now , checking out the trail in the darkness . |
| 14 | We 're checking out the name but nothing 's come up so far . ’ |
| 15 | Bizat , suspecting that-as the Victorians had discovered — exhibition clientele was going to be a mainstay of the Palace 's economy , started checking out the market he was aiming at . |
| 16 | One of the things I will be doing is going round is just checking out the learning goals . |
| 17 | So that was why he 'd been in the club so often over the past few weeks — he 'd been checking out the lie of the land , assessing the place as a possible investment . |
| 18 | Motocross riders are a tough breed … no amount of fog was going to stop them from checking out the sport 's newest circuit this morning . |
| 19 | So your rule of thumb , for starting , is that if somebody 's spending more than two or three hours a day , perhaps , on accounts or stock-taking or whatever , then it might be worth checking out the possibility of using a computer . |
| 20 | STU BAILIE checks out the record shelves for oddball varieties of cowboy junkies , Tex Mex , hat acts , Canuck contenders and pony-tailed gits , and finds a couple of decent records |
| 21 | ABOVE : Old man Roberts checks out the family album . |
| 22 | Hashi Syedain checks out the future of the whole group |
| 23 | Jo Lawton checks out the EPL 4300 and smooths out the bumps |
| 24 | The boxes filled with toffee and tied up with red string , Agnes checked up the account , saying aloud , ‘ Two dozen mice , sir , at a penny each , two shillings . |
| 25 | Mark 's compensation and pension terms would be spelt out to him by New York within the next two weeks , after they had checked out the maximum terms permissible under British law . |
| 26 | Have you checked out the local sports facilities ? |
| 27 | Instead of travelling with the security truck carrying the money , Morgan had checked out the area round the bank the previous day . |
| 28 | ‘ Surely someone should have checked out the complaints more carefully . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Checked out the same file yesterday . |
| 30 | I might have checked out the financial aspects of buying into the station , but one thing I 've learned over the years is that you can never do too much research . |