Example sentences of "[vb past] look [prep] the [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I avoided looking at the headless pigeon in the gutter . |
| 7 | the situa , perhaps it 's worth outlining how Litchfield came to look at the new settlement option , because it has some relevance to York |
| 8 | One evening Leopold Zborowski , a Polish poet , came to look at the modern paintings exhibited and was immediately taken by Modigliani 's remarkable talent . |
| 9 | He noted given unto a Newlands man who came to look at the supposed Wad Mine at Conistone 5s . " |
| 10 | As the light failed , it came to look like the mysterious seas on the moon . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Laura turned to look at the other woman in astonishment . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She turned to look at the rear clock . |
| 15 | I turned to look at the young man beside me , his long fingered hands resting on the steering wheel . |
| 16 | ‘ I turned to look at the retreating figures of my two friends , feeling unbearably isolated , and went to eat alone in the cafeteria . ’ |
| 17 | " 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | SHE sat on the park bench waiting for Richard , her head turned to look towards the main gate . |
| 20 | His feet felt like lead and slowly , fearfully , he turned to look in the general direction of the voice . |
| 21 | On the whole , Agnes enjoyed looking after the little house . |
| 22 | She was lowering herself from the tip-toe that she needed to look over the panelled backing of the window display when something else caught her eye , further down the road . |
| 23 | I decided to look at the local statistics for asthma deaths in West Cumbria from the public health department for the years 1980 to 1989 . |
| 24 | She decided to look on the positive side . |
| 25 | Then he decided to look around the little school . |
| 26 | " Do n't be sorry , " he said , " I quite enjoyed it , " She looked up briefly then , smiling uncertainly , as though she did n't believe him , He licked his lips , moved forward , put one hand out and touched hers where it gripped the glass , She kept looking at the empty glass avoiding his face . |
| 27 | Instead , he just kept looking at the American ambassador with what Sullivan describes as 'soulful eyes " . |
| 28 | I returned to Russia recently with my dear friend Ashkenazy and we went to look at the Central School of Music in Moscow , our educational base for so many years , and there it is , a sorry sight of rubble , locked doors and broken windows . |
| 29 | Sub-Prior Richard , a kindly soul even to those for whom he had no particular liking , grew anxious , and went to look for the stray , and found him on his bed in the dortoir , pallid and shivering , pleading sickness and looking pinched , grey and cold . |
| 30 | ‘ He chose to look for the spiritual through the physical , like Rimbaud and Kerouac . |