Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] to look [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The husband to have time off work to look after the children , |
| 2 | And I will also give you a good deal of freedom to look at the sea . ’ |
| 3 | Oliver wondered why the old man lived in such an old , dirty place , when he had so many watches , but then he thought that it must cost Fagin a lot of money to look after the Dodger and the other boys . |
| 4 | The WRU has appointed a four-man committee of inquiry to look into the events surrounding the centenary tour of South Africa last August . |
| 5 | The fourth and final section takes leave of society to look at the realm of theory . |
| 6 | In 1987 the Department of the Environment set up a national review of homelessness to look at the implementation of the law relating to homelessness and to consider whether it needed changing . |
| 7 | He listened to the door downstairs close and slipped out of bed to look through the window . |
| 8 | I have asked my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to look into the matter and to contact the hon. Gentleman . |
| 9 | A committee of experts has been set up by the Russian Ministry of Culture to look into the problem of such articles within its borders . |
| 10 | The Attorney General would spend hours poring over the evidence before asking the Court of Appeal to look at the Courtney case . |
| 11 | At a time when we are on the threshold of change , indeed very considerable change , in local government and when our burghs which have been with us since the earliest times are about to disappear , it may be of interest to look at the burghs of Scotland prior to the passing of the Reform Act and their position in the election of Members for the Westminster Parliament . |
| 12 | We landed in Bangkok this is where we had to change planes , there was about an hour and a half wait so we had plenty of time to look around the duty free . |
| 13 | On 16 April , the day of the vigil , I put on my smart suit for the last of the interviews and went into work to look through the papers . |
| 14 | So Brett 'n' Damon ‘ m ’ me hand about playing Stackheel Olympics for a bit and then we go into town to look at the girls . |
| 15 | But tell me … who did you have in mind to look after the Project ? |
| 16 | There are times when it is important to detach an action or an attitude in order to look at the mechanics of it . |
| 17 | In order to look at the effect that financial devolution , in the form of LMS , is likely to have , both on schools and on the quality of education , it may be helpful to look closely at what has happened in institutions that have already experienced various levels of financial autonomy . |
| 18 | It is also possible to add in new centres in order to look at the impact of potential new developments , including " What-if " analysis based around the attractiveness of the new centre . |
| 19 | Erm I think it 's just a little too much looking over their shoulder because sh to , to , in order to look at the camera she 's having to keep her eyes over really , yo you know really over to her er right , and erm it tends to be a little bit erm uncomfortable . |
| 20 | They said they needed to live on site to look after the calves they rear . |
| 21 | When the parents of an illegitimate child separated , the father paid a neighbour £1 per week to look after the child . |
| 22 | We were obliged to open a crèche because we found girls staying at home to look after the babies . |
| 23 | Professional families , where the mother stays at home to look after the children , would be severely hit . |
| 24 | The thing is though they , they look at it , they always look at it that erm , they earn the money so they can go out and get it , you know , women are n't entitled to anything , they 're just at home to look after the children |
| 25 | We are soon , however , encouraged by society to look to the future for our happiness . |