Example sentences of "[prep] look [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sentry let us in after looking at the Feldwebel s papers with a torch and we walked up a garden path towards a sort of suburban villa . |
| 2 | Later , after looking at the rest of the house , they returned to Edouard 's study on the first floor . |
| 3 | Next morning Sophie set off for Seabourne , and , after looking in the pet shop window , she went inside and strolled around . |
| 4 | Is he out looking for the bastards who stole my father ? ’ |
| 5 | She heard him fumbling about looking for the lamp switch and then he found it . |
| 6 | Next time a stranger tries to stop you in the street , perhaps you should think twice about looking at the pavement and brushing past . |
| 7 | well the , I think these people who concern themselves very much about dictating the do 's and do n't of fox hunting , if they were to spend a little more time about looking into the research of , how foxes actually live . |
| 8 | It is difficult to understand how the Government can claim to be concerned about looking after the welfare of citizens when there has been a fourfold increase in the incidence of food poisoning in the past 10 years . |
| 9 | I think they 're being selfish , they 've had their careers , so how about looking after the children and home , and giving youngsters a chance ! |
| 10 | The long-lived alien 's point of view is the right one for looking at the plausibility of a theory like Cairns-Smith 's or the primeval-soup theory . |
| 11 | I have another eyepiece on the end which is suitable for looking at the stars and planets . |
| 12 | have n't got the mechanism for looking at the BES er scale in in the timescale we were looking at . |
| 13 | This strategy is particularly interesting in that it implies an awareness of a lack in the Oxfordshire scheme , which provides neither guidance on strategies for looking at the curriculum nor criteria for judging its appropriateness and adequacy , but merely requires teachers to do it . |
| 14 | The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that erm they totally solve the problem of what to do with the brighter children , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes because the sort of pupil we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptional in their own right . |
| 15 | The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that they totally solved the problem of what to do with the brighter child , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes , because the sort of pupils we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptions in their own right — we 're not talking about whole groups of pupils who previously have been in top streams , we 're talking about half a dozen/ten individuals in any one year group and they are equally as difficult to deal with in a streamed situation . |
| 16 | Instead , Robson settles for looking at the League table . |
| 17 | " There were no people studying these animals , no facilities for looking at the carcasses , for establishing the cause of death . |
| 18 | We may not all want to be ‘ artists ’ , producing and performing work , but arts events can provide another accessible route for looking at the world in relation to disabled people . |
| 19 | Our agreement would propose a royalty of 2% of our receipts on each written component for the use of the syllabus of Project English and for looking over the Activity Book and Video Guide manuscripts . |
| 20 | The consortium responsible for looking after the women 's housing and financial affairs , as well as providing some monitoring of the quality of service , had temporarily to reduce its operations because of staff shortages . |
| 21 | Thanks for looking after the cab for me . |
| 22 | The Bank of England is responsible for looking after the government 's finances . |
| 23 | However , in the majority of households , responsibility for looking after the family and home goes hand-in-hand with money management . |
| 24 | But the executive is responsible for looking after the safety of 6 million more workers . |
| 25 | After a new client was ushered onto the market by the AE , the SAE would then assume responsibility for looking after the client 's market positions , and for obtaining future business . |
| 26 | Thanks also to all the other organizations that helped , the Vale of White Horse District Council who allowed us to use their land , the National Rivers Authority for the use of the river , Thames Water for the use of their island and for generous sponsorship , an extra special thanks to Roger Steer , the lock keeper , for much help , kindness and understanding and to his wife for providing a seemingly endless supply of ice-cream , to Jim Croft of Slalom Sports for unfailing help and loan of computer hardware and to our local Scouts for looking after the campsite and for organizing effective first-aid cover . |
| 27 | also accompanied the group and special thanks are due to him for his organisation and for looking after the Grantham pensioners welfare . |
| 28 | With staff who are expert in many fields — from woodland , farmland and river management to socio-economics and interpreting the countryside to visitors — the RSPB can give valuable , practical and commonsense advice to those who have a responsibility for looking after the countryside . |
| 29 | And at her puzzled expression , ‘ For looking after the dogs while my housekeeper was away . |
| 30 | I would n't have done , if I had n't felt you deserved to be thanked for looking after the dogs . |