Example sentences of "[adv prt] look at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I mean I suppose there is in all social work in a sense , that if you go in to look at a family and , and you 're trying to assess you know whether the children should be taken into care , well you 're exercising a a sort of statutory erm er sort of responsibility , and as far as the clients are concerned , er if you , like that can sort of get in the way of er er a more human sort of relationship if you see what I mean , because
2 Just before she turned the sign on the door round to read ‘ Closed ’ , a woman came in to look at the toys .
3 in to look at the job did you ?
4 The C.C. said that they called him in to look at the body .
5 With his second cup of tea in front of him , he sat down to look at the newspaper .
6 ‘ And you 're not having this dress , ’ Nora said , bending down to look at the price tag .
7 Then I hurried down to look at the ruins I had seen earlier , before the next onslaught of rough weather could begin .
8 He went on looking at the floor , thoughtful .
9 He did n't even ask the next question but went on looking at the Consul General expectantly .
10 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 !
11 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 .
12 ‘ 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 .
13 I called out : ‘ I 'm going over to look at the birds , ’ and left them to it .
14 She reached over to look at the bacon before saying , ‘ No ; thank you .
15 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 .
16 One major difference in the auction business between America and Britain is the amount of travelling that one does : in one week one may do an ‘ appraisal day ’ ( the equivalent of the British Antiques Road Show ) in Pennsylvania and then go on to look at a dinner service in Baltimore .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 Part 4 goes on to look at the training of parents in skills necessary for successful completion of these steps .
23 On the way back home he stopped off to look at a house he was thinking of buying .
24 and erm you 're looking , you 're , let's say you turn up looking at a screen , you 're actually standing up like they used to do in the old days before they had radar
25 Now a Middlesbrough Council working party has been set up to look at the problem .
26 In addition to the Education and Training Working Party mentioned above , a working party ( Chairman : QC ) has been set up to look at the way ahead .
27 But such was the power of those two softly spoken words that Ronni found her head jerking up to look at the speaker , barely aware of her brother 's muttered response as he hoisted her cases up on to the jetty .
28 I remember me getting up about three o'clock in the morning I heard the wind and I got up to look at the stack yard and start to put er bits of pit props and that into the nets and and and the wind was getting that strong the pit props was going flying over me head and I gave it up and made for and it 's certainly not a very high door at Greenspot but or a very big door but it took me all my time to get the door closed .
29 These issues were being raised in the deliberations of a SCOTVEC review group which included representatives of SED , SEB and SCCC and which had been set up to look at the acceptability of non-vocational modules in National Certificate .
30 Outside , in the rain , it turned what had once been its head up to look at the storm .
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