Example sentences of "i [vb mod] look [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I must look like death . |
| 2 | I should look to Britain , Colonel . |
| 3 | Erm , I 'll look at Ilias . |
| 4 | Actually , no , I 'll look on Tuesday morning , or Wednesday morning . |
| 5 | Deputy Head ( Curriculum ) : ‘ I 'll look into cleaning and maintenance . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , I 'll look after Oliver . ’ |
| 7 | Stacey get some more paper , I 'll look after Michael . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course I 'll look after Kirsty . ’ |
| 9 | Then I went through the samples in my kitchen and realised that , rather than look at the non-mainstream areas , I could look at wines from perfectly accepted areas that broke the usual conventions ; or in one brilliant example , I could see what great traditional winemakers — in this case a pair of Burgundian grandees — could do when they decided to rough it a bit in France 's far south . |
| 10 | Liese explained how I could look for answers ; but first , silently , I had to formulate my question . |
| 11 | I could look after Hepzibah , I could buy Druid 's Bottom , and we could all live there together . |
| 12 | I used to look at birth books and that , otherwise I would n't have had a clue . |
| 13 | I used to look at things and think how bonny some of the wild flowers were what nice colours — but I was never aware of their variety or rarity . |
| 14 | I used to look , I used to look for bargains . |
| 15 | For the hybrids I would look for L. ‘ Golden Splendor ’ ( yellow ) , L. ‘ Pink Perfection ’ ( deep pink ) , L. ‘ Tabasco ’ ( crimson red ) but the many varieties available are all equally beautiful . |
| 16 | ‘ Look , if I were hungry , I mean really hungry , starving , I would look for food everywhere , would n't I ? |
| 17 | The night before his death I spent more than an hour with him and we spoke quietly of the future ; he wanted to be sure that Ray and I would look after Margaret , our step-mother , whom we had come to admire greatly for her devotion to Father . |
| 18 | I shall look at breakwaters and groins with renewed interest , David . |
| 19 | I will look at donor financing of the NHS and its impact , with a focus on drugs and technical assistance . |
| 20 | This month I will look at ways to enable you to play effectively when the wind blows . |
| 21 | In the interests of clarity , however , I will look at sexism in linguistic practice from two slightly different angles . |
| 22 | ‘ I will look after Celia , ’ Liza replied , picking up the telephone , and the calm decisive way in which she handled the situation sent Edna running off up the lane with Bobby , without further demurrence . |
| 23 | I can look at things straight and put things across straight — I 'm not here to be liked . |
| 24 | ‘ But there is nothing intrinsically wrong with Diana 's chart , whereas I can look at Charles 's chart and say I think there is something that prevents him from making the throne . |
| 25 | I can look for reasons for what I did and call those reasons excuses ; what he did to Alice , how he bullied Mother , how I hated him . |
| 26 | As an individual , I can look for ways of dealing with conflict in my own life through negotiation and avoiding imposing my will on others . |
| 27 | ‘ So if you want to go off on your own for a bit , and you 'll trust me , ’ said Emma , ‘ I can look after Ruth . ’ |
| 28 | Well it would be something , it would be a bit of paper that say that I can look after children under five , I could go and run a play group or do whatever and earn some money |
| 29 | Emily and Maudie can mind the shop quite well without me , so I can look after Josh and the boys . |
| 30 | We 're going to make so much money out of oysters that the 5 million or so you 've got against me will look like chicken feed . |