Example sentences of "looked [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | cos I looked through Gemma 's I could |
| 2 | On our way I looked for Mathilda but Benjamin was right , there was no sign of the little minx . |
| 3 | Briefly she looked for Liban , but the faces were all the same — white as fire , empty as death . |
| 4 | She looked for Patrick 's photograph and saw it under the sofa . |
| 5 | He sent someone to round up loose horses and looked for Cormac and Ferteth . |
| 6 | An hour later she went to the church and looked for Daniel Marsh . |
| 7 | Erika thawed , melted , forgave Fritz , for which he was pathetically grateful , and sent him for fruit juice while she looked for Paul who was happily playing table tennis . |
| 8 | She looked for Jacob . |
| 9 | Liz , at the magic moment , found herself unexpectedly clutching the hot hand of Ivan Warner , which seemed wrong but ordained : she looked for Charles , and saw that the poor man had managed to find himself in the icy palm of Lady Henrietta . |
| 10 | All the time she dashed through the streets , fighting her way through the hubbub , Wilson looked for Mr Browning , knowing he must have heard by now and would surely be rushing to his wife 's side . |
| 11 | Halfway through dressing , wearing his shirt and underpants , he looked for Moda in the workroom , where he assumed she would have thrown it on their pile of magazines ; he wanted to gaze at Bella Kropotkin again , but he could n't find the magazine . |
| 12 | He got away from her and looked for Dangerfield . |
| 13 | Ludens closed the front door , then looked for Irina . |
| 14 | Hewett , blood pouring from his face , looked for James , but he was gone . |
| 15 | ‘ I looked for JK after . |
| 16 | He also saw to the payment of the doctors and nurses who looked after Paul , though he never visited him , any more than Dinah did . |
| 17 | Thursday afternoon me and mum looked after Daniel and Benjamin , cos erm , a relative of Sarah 's died a week before and the funeral was Thursday , so , I said to mum yes I 'd go up and help her |
| 18 | Alison , who looked after Beatrice and Eugenie since they were babies , denied a rift with Fergie when she quit last month . |
| 19 | I apologised and strode on and decided to seek out the man who looked after Martinez' business in Europe . |
| 20 | He was a businessman in Belfast , and he and his wife looked after Eric for nearly five years , when my brother was a toddler . |
| 21 | Anyway , I looked after Terry for two and a half years . |
| 22 | On Tuesdays and Thursdays she looked after Patrick Robinson , the son of an American oil executive , work which she ‘ adored ’ . |
| 23 | They would come over from Belfast to stay with us in the summers sometimes ; my father used to get on well with Harmsworth , and because I looked after Esmerelda they could have a nice relaxing holiday here . |
| 24 | Gertie still looked after Victoria , using the time that her charge spent in the schoolroom to attend to her clothes — washing , brushing and replacing buttons . |
| 25 | She said : ’ he looked after himself so he looked after Zoe . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You looked after Billy at university for me — and now this happens . ’ |
| 27 | She looked after Marian . |
| 28 | He looked after Michael , my young son , he did housework , he even makes now , a good pot of soup , he done , better than I do ! |
| 29 | Nor are the British unaware that when he looked after Andy Wenzel and Paul Frommelt with Liechtenstein he was in charge of world beaters . |
| 30 | And when they were travelling it was Anna who looked after Mena , you know , ordering in languages for her in the wagon-restaurant . |