Example sentences of "[vb past] look [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Councillor Mrs. B. Brereton promised to look into the appropriate portfolio . |
| 2 | Councillor Mrs. B. Brereton promised to look into the appropriate portfolio . |
| 3 | He squirmed uncomfortably on the damp stone , and tried to look on the bright side . |
| 4 | In her day , Mrs Thatcher tried to look like a normal human being and went shopping . |
| 5 | She stopped to look at the two houses , Brier and Rose , like identical twins wearing slightly different clothing so that one could tell them apart . |
| 6 | After discussion with the therapist , Tony agreed to start searching for another job more systematically ; he proposed to look at the local newspapers twice a week for possible job vacancies . |
| 7 | Dr Neil avoided looking at a bridling McAllister , particularly when Mrs Darrell went on to say , still in the same shriek , ‘ Hope she 's honest , Neil . |
| 8 | I avoided looking at the headless pigeon in the gutter . |
| 9 | the situa , perhaps it 's worth outlining how Litchfield came to look at the new settlement option , because it has some relevance to York |
| 10 | One evening Leopold Zborowski , a Polish poet , came to look at the modern paintings exhibited and was immediately taken by Modigliani 's remarkable talent . |
| 11 | He noted given unto a Newlands man who came to look at the supposed Wad Mine at Conistone 5s . " |
| 12 | As the light failed , it came to look like the mysterious seas on the moon . |
| 13 | Gone are the days when a hand-painted sign advertising a ‘ Real working farm experience ’ meant the townie parents paid £10 and got to look at an old plough while their children cuddled a fat , flop-eared rabbit . |
| 14 | So we agreed to look for a new approach " . |
| 15 | The interior of the bus was lit only by a small torch made to look like an old lamp , the type you see in Westerns , and from what I could see I was glad there was no more light . |
| 16 | In the wives ' hostel Jocelyn finished unpacking and turned to look at the other occupant of the room a pleasant woman of thirty five who had introduced herself as Jane Smith . |
| 17 | Laura turned to look at the other woman in astonishment . |
| 18 | It was seventeen years after President Kennedy 's assassination , twelve years since Bobby 's , but the idea was so powerful nobody turned to look at the shattered window or the stunned lad . |
| 19 | She turned to look at the rear clock . |
| 20 | I turned to look at the young man beside me , his long fingered hands resting on the steering wheel . |
| 21 | ‘ I turned to look at the retreating figures of my two friends , feeling unbearably isolated , and went to eat alone in the cafeteria . ’ |
| 22 | " Ah , excuse me , They both turned to look at the winding-stair door , where the small attendant was peeking round the side , most of its body hidden in the twisted darkness beyond . |
| 23 | And , repeating this like a charm : ‘ It was n't me ; it was n't me , ’ she turned to look at the red splashes on the wall . |
| 24 | SHE sat on the park bench waiting for Richard , her head turned to look towards the main gate . |
| 25 | His feet felt like lead and slowly , fearfully , he turned to look in the general direction of the voice . |
| 26 | I picked up a book , but put it down again and began looking at a tiny red spider on the leaf of a geranium , ad lost count of time . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought it was time I began looking like a human being , ’ she snapped . |
| 28 | On the whole , Agnes enjoyed looking after the little house . |
| 29 | His pacifism was couched in the violent language of subversion and revolution , and long before 1917 he began to look for a distinctive Scottish way out of the war . |
| 30 | But it was when he began finding the 26 mile 385 yard distance — which he can complete in two hours and 57 minutes — ‘ about right for starters ’ , that he began to look for a new challenge . |