Example sentences of "they [vb past] look [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They promised ta tax cuts , they promised to cut crime , they promised to look after the environment , they promised to improve e education , they promised to improve the the democratic process , they 're now the party of careful housekeeping . |
| 2 | So any feature analyser would have to deal with context so therefore they started to look at the role of context and we 're gon na look at contextual effects later on , probably next week or the week after . |
| 3 | They went to look at the jewellery piled on a table on the far side of the courtyard . |
| 4 | And the reason why the Greeks should have needed such consolation is that in their Dionysiac ecstasies they had looked into the painful essence of life . |
| 5 | Traditionally they had looked to the Reich to trade their lumber , wheat , furs and amber , and they had every intention of continuing to do so in order to spite the Polish state . |
| 6 | The smoke had been west and north when they had looked from the Ridgery . |
| 7 | In the distance she heard the faint sounds of voices from the pool , and her dazed eyes rested on the green palm trees out on the terrace , while the dim light of the courtyard shut out the horrors of the morning , and she saw the gleaming white tower of a mosque against the deep sky and the far-off mountains , just as they had looked in the travel brochures . |
| 8 | They stood looking at the door , wondering what form the knocking threat would take . |
| 9 | He turned into the one occupied by his stepmother , switched off the motor , and for several moments they sat looking at the house whose drawn blinds and closed windows seemed to proclaim its emptiness . |