Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] to look [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That uncertainty urges us to look beyond the present , with a faint hope to control our future . |
| 2 | Pam prepared me to look after the baby . |
| 3 | Now he has written to builders , architects , surveyors and other organisations asking them to look into the problem . |
| 4 | The concept of an unspecified information need is further developed by Wersig , who looks at a need situation as a problem situation and states that , " the notion of problem treatment process enables us to look at the stages which play an important role within the organism before any behaviour can be observed . " |
| 5 | Merymose asked me to look at the body . ’ |
| 6 | The holistic approach of phrenology taught them to look at the body-mind dichotomy and to think in terms of prevention rather than quick cures that were often spurious . |
| 7 | Because EXAFS enables us to look at the atomic environment of each alkali in turn we may begin to understand the structural basis of this curious effect . |
| 8 | Pound was a serious man , and never more serious than when he was writing poetry ; and his poetry drives towards just those unpalatable conclusions that Olson forces us to look in the face . |
| 9 | Having early disposed of the false idea that in the Middle Ages people believed in a flat earth , Lewis tells us to look at the sky itself . |
| 10 | So I think erm Hertfordshire 's voice should be heard and however , my resolution asks us to look at the possibility of opposing not only the building of terminal five but all further airport expansion in the South East be it at Heathrow , Stansted , Gatwick or Luton . |
| 11 | Making Iris voice carefully casual , he asked : ‘ Does n't he ever ask where you 're going when you sneak out on Sunday afternoons leaving him to look after the child ? ’ |
| 12 | A chance visit to Blackwardine caused him to look at the map for features of interest . |
| 13 | Examining patients with and without uraemia enabled us to look at the gastric mucosal damage over a very wide range ( 43 fold ) of in vivo ammonia production making it unlikely that any association was missed . |
| 14 | Yes , Mar Mark wanted you to look at the third line of the third verse where there is a reference to no eyes and wondered whether you have any ideas about that . |
| 15 | It surprised Dougal that Lorton wanted him to look after the coins . |
| 16 | ‘ Walked on the race course before breakfast the air balmy and very delightful , great numbers of the blue mountain parrots were making their morning meal on a large kind of the Eucalypti — two of the beautiful Nankeen night herons passed over our heads and we heard the curious note of the coul [ cowl ] bird or bald-headed friar — returned with an excellent appetite — drew all day — in the evening John called me to look at the skin of a snake more than six feet long which James shot in the act of ascending a tree — also brought me some beautiful specimens of a climbing plant bearing thick clusters of cream colour blossoms . ’ |