Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] looking [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Minister wants to retain this unitary Parliament , he had better start looking at the ways in which he can secure the rights of the people affected . |
| 2 | The deal is not in the bag until the ink is on the purchase and sale agreement so always keep looking for the opportunity to close the door and complete the deal . |
| 3 | I 'd also stopped looking at the sculpture . |
| 4 | One might also consider looking at the range of employment/unemployment experience and labour market participation and activity rates , although international comparisons of unemployment are notoriously difficult to make given the variation in definitions and data collection . |
| 5 | In part this means seeing who teams up with whom in what kind of work situation and why , but it also means looking at the facts in quantitative terms . |
| 6 | The project will also involve looking at the circumstances of younger relatives joined by an elderly person . |
| 7 | Consideration of discretion and of the roles of ‘ street-level bureaucrats ’ must also involve looking at the implications of professionalism for implementation . |
| 8 | Harry now stood looking along the table as he added thoughtfully , ‘ It would be awful if he did , would n't it ? ’ |
| 9 | He even tried looking in the oven but Mrs Bird drove him out of her kitchen with her feather duster . |
| 10 | well I mean the , the agent has n't or has n't yet sued , but I was n't really putting it like that , I was asking you whether it is your case as in presently stand looking at the defence you 've raised to whether or not you have failed to perform your legal obligations under clause nine . |
| 11 | If you want someone to blame for what happened then try looking in the mirror , Mr Calder — then you 'll see the culprit ! |
| 12 | She sipped at the froth , then sat looking towards the fire . |
| 13 | She was a career woman — and the fact that she 'd found herself actually enjoying looking after the children , and doing the cooking , was neither here nor there ! |
| 14 | ‘ I never ate looking at the back of somebody 's head before , ’ Goldie muses . |
| 15 | it 's pissing with rain I do n't wan na go into somebody 's house dripping like a , never mind looking at the bikes into the cars ! |