Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] look [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lives have been ruined because people have read the wrong books or looked at the wrong pictures . |
| 2 | The rivers of Europe and America contain animals that look like the lancelet , though they are somewhat larger , up to 20 centimetres long . |
| 3 | She was wearing something lime-green and minuscule , with silver sandals adorning bare legs that looked like the stems of a slender plant . |
| 4 | The maggot-bearing stapelia from southern Africa not only reeks dreadfully of carrion but reinforces its appeal to flies by producing flowers with wrinkled brown petals covered with hairs that look like the decaying skin of a dead animal . |
| 5 | Sanchez uncrossed his legs and looked towards the pit . |
| 6 | I sat with my head between my legs and looked at the dirt-encrusted toenails of the silent Yugoslavian on my left until-'Jennings ' was called from the next room . |
| 7 | ‘ However , ’ Corbett continued , clasping his sword belt around his waist , ‘ one thing I do remember is that the preacher was really a gentle man ; he told my mother that Holy Mother Church merely wished to frighten its children except — ’ Corbett narrowed his eyes and looked through the doorway ‘ — for murderers , those who slay , especially the sons of Cain who plot with ice-cold malice the destruction of someone they hate . ’ |
| 8 | Nell raised her eyes and looked at the rest of the body ; and caught her breath . |
| 9 | Wishart narrowed his eyes and looked into the candlelight . |
| 10 | Martin screwed up his eyes and looked towards the hills , saying , ‘ How can you tell from here ? ’ |
| 11 | In the Wheelhouse of RCTV Audemer , Corporal Fisher rubbed his tired eyes and looked along the thirty-three-metre length of the RCL and its now empty cargo deck , capable of carrying up to ninety-six tonnes of vehicles or freight . |
| 12 | And this excitement , and the feeling of being involved in a half-guessed-at mystery , became her private obsession as she went about the house , visited the shops and looked after the children . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If they went for the traditional look I suppose they 'd all be wearing hard hats that looked like the flat cap Victorian cyclists always wore . |
| 15 | He blew out his fat , purpled cheeks , dug his hands deep in his breeches pockets and looked at the sky with a martyred air . |
| 16 | With the development of machinery , the mass produced object intended to disguise its origins and look like the product of hand labour has become well established . |
| 17 | They forced several corners and looked for the height of Simon White and Steve Harris to open up the sometimes nervous ‘ Mill defence . |
| 18 | Now , we 've used this technique in invasive bladder cancer , and we 've quantified the micro-vascularity in a group of invasive cancers and looked at the prognosis and metastasis . |
| 19 | I suggest that we proceed along those lines and look for the most economic way to alleviate my constituents ' problems while not doing too much damage to my hon. Friend 's constituents . |
| 20 | After mopping up the mess-tin with a large piece of French bread that had accompanied the stew , I got to my feet and looked around the barn . |
| 21 | Glance at the sentences and memorize the next few phrases and look at the audience while you are speaking . |
| 22 | It is flanked by a group of handsome Victorian residences and looks towards the new Phase I building which provides studios , laboratories and workshops for the faculties of Art and Design , Science and Technology and the Faculty of Informatics . |
| 23 | It is flanked by a group of handsome Victorian residences and looks towards the new Phase I building which provides studios , laboratories and workshops for the faculties of Art and Design , Science and Technology and Informatics . |
| 24 | All we need to do is to push microelectrodes into the regions to which the prestriate cortex projects and look for the cells that only respond to particular objects . |
| 25 | She moved away a little , patting her petticoats and looking at the dog . |
| 26 | We ran into the warm waves like little children , and swam and did duck dives and looked at the strangely corrugated sand under the water , and kept an eye open for jellyfish and pointed shells and silver fishes in the groves of coral that cropped up here and there along the sea bed . |
| 27 | She watched , listened , learned and assessed , speaking only when spoken to in general — whilst all the while making her plans and looking to the future … |
| 28 | She finished her notes and looked at the list of suspects . |
| 29 | They used to be part and parcel of the water authorities and looked after the rivers when we were one big body , as a water authority . |
| 30 | The information which is available highlights the importance of disaggregating household-based data on incomes and expenditure patterns and looking at the consequences for the individuals within those households . |