Example sentences of "had a look " in BNC.
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| 1 | While in the big house , I had a look at my bagpipes . |
| 2 | Before dusk I had a look around and was surprised to come across several graves of British soldiers , here and there in the undergrowth . |
| 3 | I had a look at the bagpipes before pulling the rucksack onto my back , they seemed to be all right — wonder when I 'll play them again ? |
| 4 | Because , he said , I had a look at you last night , did n't I. |
| 5 | I remember David had a look of amazement on his face because at this point he had quite a few gold albums , but he still did n't have the money because the rate that they made money went straight back into making the show even bigger and better , and everybody travelled in style . |
| 6 | He had a look about him , like he had a place to go . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , we had a look . |
| 8 | I went to the library the other day and had a look in the atlas to see where Naples is . |
| 9 | They had a look in the river and on the banks but found nothing of course . |
| 10 | Mr. Gordon never had a look in after Brown Owl met that pilot . |
| 11 | Angela had a look round the stalls , made a wish at the Magic Pool , bought an ice-cream , and watched a play performed by two Packs from another part of the county , then presently heard a voice through the loud-speaker telling competitors to get ready for the fancy-dress parade . |
| 12 | Later having cut the ties and had a look at the will , he made another in which he repeated the legacy as follows : ‘ All the legacies I have left to people in the will which I have opened I want to be valid , and whatever is written in it . ’ |
| 13 | I took out my street map and had a look . |
| 14 | I suppose you whizzed straight down there and had a look at your property ? ’ |
| 15 | On waking I had a look at Nigel and then telephoned Alan , to find out when he would be ready to drive him to the crematorium mortuary . |
| 16 | He called Stefan on the radio , who had a look round on the underside of the ‘ Fury and could see nothing wrong . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , I thought if I do n't get these exams , I wo n't get a job , because that 's what people rubbed into us , and then I thought , well , Christ , if I went down town now and had a look , I bet there 's a dozen jobs that 'd suit me . |
| 18 | Although the Hexams ' Thames-side tenement , a former mill , in Our Mutual Friend , is in itself atrocious — ‘ roof , and walls , and floor … alike had a look of decomposition ’ — it is the effort to make the place a home — ‘ a small dresser , making a spare show of the commonest articles of crockery and cooking vessels ’ that is drawn to the reader 's attention . |
| 19 | I had a look at him . |
| 20 | There 's no real hurry , it 's not till 11.30 ) chatting brightly to hide the hollow empty absence of anything at all in the way of feeling , and kept my eyes off Toby 's face which had a look on it as if someone were dragging his insides out . |
| 21 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 22 | Yeah I had a look er through it just before when I got it . |
| 23 | Easily distinguishable in his bird-lime-encrusted shirt and shorts , he often had a look in his eye that spoke of clouds and freedom , rather than the shin-splitting hordes bearing down on him in the shape of the Corton Heath Corinthians . |
| 24 | Er they went , had a look , took the appropriate action and er phoned the police and handed it over to the police . |
| 25 | well I went down and had a look at it as a kid you know . |
| 26 | ‘ Prentice — had a look at this — ’ ( then the word ‘ while ’ , crossed out heavily , followed by the word ‘ before ’ , also nearly obliterated ) ‘ — Ca n't find any more ; R had another folder . |
| 27 | Gavin had a look of concentration on his face now , as though two parts of his brain were attempting the tricky and little-practised operation of communicating with each other . |
| 28 | He had a look of intense concentration for several seconds . |
| 29 | Has anyone ever actually gone over there and had a look at them ? |
| 30 | They cawed us out of Newhaven , had a look at the weather , noted the lack of sandwich packs on the rear promenade , and turned back . |