Example sentences of "[vb past] to look at the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 we went to Trafalgar Square and we stopped to look at the pigeons and we 'd moved on and I , I suddenly realised I had n't got Vicky with me , so I looked all round , could n't see him , had to go right back to Trafalgar Square and he was still looking at the pigeons
2 He stopped to look at the house and saw below it , on the shore , a large rectangular basin which seemed to have been blasted out of the rock at the foot of the cliff .
3 Dr Hunter came to look at the neck and shoulders .
4 The BRDC directors , urgently seeking to fund improvements at Silverstone , asked to look at the deal and went ahead without consulting their members .
5 She turned to look at the registrar as he strode smiling into the room , and her bemused expression must have registered .
6 Then she turned to look at the Frenchman and spoke softly in his language .
7 His Mum turned to look at the car that had crushed the arrow bits .
8 But Larry declined to look at the tapestry and turned his head up towards her instead .
9 We called at Penndon museum which was closed , but looks good , and then went to look at the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway which has plenty of rolling stock .
10 She liked to look at the visitors as they arrived and try to match them with the patients .
11 She had to look at the facts and analyse them , then draw the right conclusions .
12 ‘ We indicated we would be interested to talk to Gerry Adams , because I wanted to look at the man and hear his voice and ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA .
13 ‘ We indicated we would be interested to talk to Gerry Adams , because I wanted to look at the man and hear his voice and ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA .
14 He wanted to look at the contract and check it out and really , with no trouble at all — I think he wrote a couple of letters and said that Pitt was not acting in the capacity as manager that David required and that was that . ’
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