Example sentences of "[adv prt] to look at the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Just before she turned the sign on the door round to read ‘ Closed ’ , a woman came in to look at the toys . |
2 | in to look at the job did you ? |
3 | The C.C. said that they called him in to look at the body . |
4 | With his second cup of tea in front of him , he sat down to look at the newspaper . |
5 | ‘ And you 're not having this dress , ’ Nora said , bending down to look at the price tag . |
6 | Then I hurried down to look at the ruins I had seen earlier , before the next onslaught of rough weather could begin . |
7 | And I had one rehearsal of two Bach pieces which were really difficult and I was com , feeling completely frantic during the break in rehearsal , and went over to look at the music and some fellow called Don bounded over to me and said , oh you ca n't be you know you sh ca n't be looking at that now , ba , la dee da dee da ! |
8 | With a parting gift of prawns and fish from a friendly fisherman , we headed over to look at the islands of bum and Eigg on the way to Ardnamurchan . |
9 | ‘ The other day Thomas and I went over to look at the foundations of the first villa which your men have started to build , ’ she remarked , as they drank their coffee . |
10 | I called out : ‘ I 'm going over to look at the birds , ’ and left them to it . |
11 | She reached over to look at the bacon before saying , ‘ No ; thank you . |
12 | He bent from his great height to take her right hand into his own large one , turned it over to look at the scars and callouses hard manual labour had inflicted on its once pink and white delicacy . |
13 | The position with regard to face-to-face transactions is considered first , before going on to look at the position in relation to impersonal stock market deals . |
14 | The supplement goes on to look at the law covering the conservation of protected buildings and areas , reporting on incentives like the Town Scheme grant , which can provide 40 per cent grants for repair and restoration work from combined funding between local authorities and English Heritage . |
15 | Before going on to look at the Government 's proposals in detail , we want to underline our serious concern over the threat to strategic minerals planning associated with the proposed reorganisation of local government in Wales . |
16 | It then goes on to look at the costs of protectionism so they 're , they 're looking at erm , the numerical estimates as to how much erm , protectionism costs , not only for domestic producers and consumers and tax payers , but also for third countries . |
17 | You have already defined what the worry is , so go on to look at the cause , list different possibilities for dealing with the cause and then decide on the action which seems most likely to be effective . |
18 | Part 4 goes on to look at the training of parents in skills necessary for successful completion of these steps . |
19 | Now a Middlesbrough Council working party has been set up to look at the problem . |
20 | In addition to the Education and Training Working Party mentioned above , a working party ( Chairman : QC ) has been set up to look at the way ahead . |
21 | But such was the power of those two softly spoken words that Ronni found her head jerking up to look at the speaker , barely aware of her brother 's muttered response as he hoisted her cases up on to the jetty . |
22 | I remember me getting up about three o'clock in the morning I heard the wind and I got up to look at the stack yard and start to put er bits of pit props and that into the nets and and and the wind was getting that strong the pit props was going flying over me head and I gave it up and made for and it 's certainly not a very high door at Greenspot but or a very big door but it took me all my time to get the door closed . |
23 | These issues were being raised in the deliberations of a SCOTVEC review group which included representatives of SED , SEB and SCCC and which had been set up to look at the acceptability of non-vocational modules in National Certificate . |
24 | Outside , in the rain , it turned what had once been its head up to look at the storm . |
25 | NORTHERN Ireland will be represented on a committee set up to look at the handling of complaints from National Health Service patients and their families . |
26 | The ever increasing army of tourists who came up to look at the scenery was growing . |
27 | According the Wellcome the study was set up to look at the effect of acyclovir against cytomegalovirus , a type of herpes virus , and was stopped after no difference was found in frequency of CMV disease between patients taking acyclovir and those taking a placebo . |
28 | In January 1989 , the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities convened a meeting of a group set up to look at the effect of these centres on authority centres . |
29 | Willie turned back to look at the comics so that he missed the surprised expression on his face . |
30 | Turning back to look at the door , he could see no manual locking mechanism — only a circular brass inset that seemed to need a special key . |