Example sentences of "and look at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The sociolinguistic approach to peer communication records naturalistic dialogue and looks at the structure of conversation in terms of maintaining discourse effectively ( Garvey , 1984 ; McTear , 1985 ) .
2 While planning the gig , the agent works with the promoter and looks at the event 's costs .
3 This chapter discusses the notion of planning , examines different approaches to planning and looks at the changes in attitudes to planning that have taken place .
4 Keith holds his head in his hands and looks at the floor .
5 Creditor management is based upon criteria supplied by the lender and looks at the credit behaviour of the individual , not just a single account .
6 As part of the investigation into attitudes to mass electricity , the project explores the reception by the public of plans for a National Grid and looks at the way in which this programme was presented to those most likely to be environmentally and economically affected by its construction .
7 On the first morning of their honeymoon , he wakes up early and looks at the lady , still sleeping on the pillow beside him .
8 Fred opens a can of beer , switches on the TV , groans as he slumps over the sofa and looks at the paint peeling off the ceiling .
9 He picks up his empty beer glass and looks at the drops moving on the bottom .
10 She examines the connection between the curriculum and the deviance of boy and girl pupils and looks at the possibilities of combating sexist curricula .
11 The chapter goes on to outline the main purchase types , and looks at the importance of contract markets in many industrial buying situations .
12 Michele Hanson examines the problems imposed by budget cuts and staff shortages , and looks at the need for long-term strategies .
13 Joyce Nelson assesses the performance of the teacher in the living-room and looks at the lessons being taught .
14 I flew down and looked at the computer screens to see what was written on them , and they all said in huge letters …
15 Mr Stych stopped in his tracks at the mention of such a sum of money , as Hank had hoped he would , and looked at the boy as if he might have gone dangerously mad .
16 ‘ I suppose the humans or whatever knew they would be coming back , and I 've been up and looked at the controls and , you know , it 's probably easier than the truck was , only of course there 's these extra levers for the hydraulics , but that should n't be a problem if there 's enough fuel , which … ’
17 We 've gone back and looked at the correspondence we 've had about the News Network .
18 Richard had nodded his head and looked at the floor and said nothing .
19 A small boy in pyjamas put down the basket he was weaving and looked at the face for a second or two , then turned back to his basket .
20 She put down the slice she already had , and looked at the plate .
21 She stuffed the printout into her bag , where — somewhere — three other copies were already lurking , and looked at the time .
22 General Carson laid down the slip of paper he had been studying and looked at the colonel seated across the table from him .
23 My father checks the cellar every few weeks , going nervously down with a torch , counting the bales and sniffing , and looking at the thermometer and hygrometer .
24 There are two small patches to the north of the city and looking at the plan again this morning there 's one small patch
25 you make your sound and you carry on and on and on , I 'm gon na keep on taping different people 's make their sound and then we 're gon na see what it feels like you 're in hospital , okay , now it does n't matter if somebody 's got the same sound as somebody else , it 's no big deal , alright , because eventually they 'll all blend into each other , but as soon as I 've tapped you , make your sound , alright patients , come on where 's the machines ? okay , stop , now when did it start becoming out of hand ? , at one stage we did n't really know where we were to , once , once I say ten people , okay , and that was also due to the fact that we had perhaps too many erm patients moaning , alright , it was good in one respect because why , it made obvious that we were in a , a hospital well something like , but erm when you 're in smaller groups and you 're making your sound machines , obviously it 's much easier to control and to make the overall sound more realistic , do n't you think ? , so , mm , what we 're going to do is we 're going to get into different groups , into groups of four , five , no big deal , you 're welcome to only if you want to , and , you 're going to , each group is going to choose er a profession , okay , you can be brick layers , you can be er musicians , er you can be er gardener , I mean absolutely you can be factory workers , you can be absolutely anything , and what you 're going to do is you 're going to choose , each person will choose a sound which is represented of that particular person , er profession , okay , and you 'll going to make your sounds simultaneously so that as for the audience who are simply listening to you can just close our eyes cos we wo n't , you wo n't be acting you 'll be making these sounds and using , we 'll close our eyes and we 'll know exactly where we are , okay , and then after that once we 've done that just , before you choose your profession to know what this is going to lead onto , after that we 're going to put movements to that profession , so when , if you were in a factory going er putting bottles on , on top top of bottles , you would have the movements going and you would have the sound going and I want you to build up , up , the sound machine which becomes the movement machine as well , so you 're almost robotic so you , shh , shh , or whatever , however your sound , and each person does their thing in the factory or where ever they are and we will be able to see from listening and looking at the movements and obviously remember just because you 're not an example it does n't mean you ca n't talk , there might be for instance there would be a doctor going stand back , stand back , you know , er , in , in the you can use voices , but also obviously very , very effective to have sound voices , shh , shh , to create that part of it , have instruments , but this is how they actually started lay down sound tracks for movies , people specialize
26 She saw a young man squatting on a rucksack , eating a bar of chocolate and looking at the board .
27 We watched him creating that knitting , talking about colour and going round and looking at the things which had inspired his imagination in his designing .
28 And looking at the glow of restrained excitement in the other actor 's face , Charles knew that Alex Household thought he was about to get his part back .
29 Additionally however , we need to make it clear that when we have looked at the figures and I would pay some to the opposition for bringing er some matters to our attention , erm and looking at the way in which very , very careful on the part of this council has led to a better reserve position than we would previously have expected .
30 Others might be talking to their girlfriends or just idly smoking and looking at the sky .
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