Example sentences of "[adv prt] look [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She dawdled along to look into the garden of 45 . |
| 2 | Went in to look for the seeds so I m I might have changed , just gone , I du n no . |
| 3 | Just before she turned the sign on the door round to read ‘ Closed ’ , a woman came in to look at the toys . |
| 4 | in to look at the job did you ? |
| 5 | The C.C. said that they called him in to look at the body . |
| 6 | With his second cup of tea in front of him , he sat down to look at the newspaper . |
| 7 | ‘ And you 're not having this dress , ’ Nora said , bending down to look at the price tag . |
| 8 | Then I hurried down to look at the ruins I had seen earlier , before the next onslaught of rough weather could begin . |
| 9 | Then they drove away and Carolyn carried with her the sight of her mother 's tense white face leaning down to look through the window at her . |
| 10 | I take my jacket off again and sit down to look through the War files … |
| 11 | Kelly carried on looking over the books but his heart was n't in it . |
| 12 | He went on looking at the floor , thoughtful . |
| 13 | He did n't even ask the next question but went on looking at the Consul General expectantly . |
| 14 | Strange as the taste of defeat was , however , Kylie shrugged off the episode and instead carried on looking to the future . |
| 15 | Those who had initially wanted to go on looking after the dementia sufferer at home ( nine carers ) were also mainly content with the institutional care arrangement . |
| 16 | I turn back and carry on looking in the window , but it 's hard to concentrate with this blue light flashing on and off in the glass . |
| 17 | And I had one rehearsal of two Bach pieces which were really difficult and I was com , feeling completely frantic during the break in rehearsal , and went over to look at the music and some fellow called Don bounded over to me and said , oh you ca n't be you know you sh ca n't be looking at that now , ba , la dee da dee da ! |
| 18 | With a parting gift of prawns and fish from a friendly fisherman , we headed over to look at the islands of bum and Eigg on the way to Ardnamurchan . |
| 19 | ‘ The other day Thomas and I went over to look at the foundations of the first villa which your men have started to build , ’ she remarked , as they drank their coffee . |
| 20 | I called out : ‘ I 'm going over to look at the birds , ’ and left them to it . |
| 21 | She reached over to look at the bacon before saying , ‘ No ; thank you . |
| 22 | He bent from his great height to take her right hand into his own large one , turned it over to look at the scars and callouses hard manual labour had inflicted on its once pink and white delicacy . |
| 23 | He leaned over to look into the pool and , losing his balance , fell into the deep water . |
| 24 | Suddenly , Della turned round and ran over to look in the glass on the wall . |
| 25 | The issues of Al are fascinating and of enormous social importance , but they are largely over looked in the wallow of ‘ gee-wizz ’ about things that are of no significance . |
| 26 | The position with regard to face-to-face transactions is considered first , before going on to look at the position in relation to impersonal stock market deals . |
| 27 | The supplement goes on to look at the law covering the conservation of protected buildings and areas , reporting on incentives like the Town Scheme grant , which can provide 40 per cent grants for repair and restoration work from combined funding between local authorities and English Heritage . |
| 28 | Before going on to look at the Government 's proposals in detail , we want to underline our serious concern over the threat to strategic minerals planning associated with the proposed reorganisation of local government in Wales . |
| 29 | It then goes on to look at the costs of protectionism so they 're , they 're looking at erm , the numerical estimates as to how much erm , protectionism costs , not only for domestic producers and consumers and tax payers , but also for third countries . |
| 30 | You have already defined what the worry is , so go on to look at the cause , list different possibilities for dealing with the cause and then decide on the action which seems most likely to be effective . |