Example sentences of "[pers pn] looks [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I gets this one out and I 'm reading through it and I looks at the name John , and then I began to take an interest in it and , here I discovered that my grandfather and my great grandfather that 's like my grandfather and my grandmother 's father |
| 2 | I said read the bloody words then and she said oh I never read the words she said I looks at the pictures . |
| 3 | But where she differs from Miss Finlay Johnson is that she looks beyond the facts to more universal implications of any particular topic . |
| 4 | A little light patter while she looks for the file . |
| 5 | She looks at the bits of paper on the floor , but she do n't say nothing . |
| 6 | She looks at the collection with a view to its bearing on garden history . |
| 7 | Do you that a child 's mind works in this way , as he or she looks at the world and finds meaning of in it , and are others who are influenced by their own experiences and by their conclusions of others . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's nothing you could put your finger on … nothing definite … little things … the way she looks at the photographs on the mantelpiece . |
| 9 | She looks at the fighters and curses to herself , ‘ Waste , waste , waste . ’ |
| 10 | The tears are thought to be caused by her pain as she looks at the sins of the world , and are meant to inspire the watchers to repent and to set an example to others . |
| 11 | ‘ Papa , tell Belle Maman that if she looks at the baby like that , I shall get only her hat in the picture … ’ |
| 12 | Mary Douglas has dealt with this extensively in Purity and Danger , where , amongst other sources , she looks at the Book of Leviticus in these terms . |
| 13 | Lying on her back , floating , she looks towards the summerhouse . |
| 14 | If she wants to find her relatives , I suggest that she looks in the villages . |
| 15 | She looks after the dogs at the moment to keep herself busy . |
| 16 | ‘ Signore , she looks like the other , ’ the housekeeper said after a second or two , ‘ but they are not the same . ’ |
| 17 | My God , thought Joshua , she looks like the figurehead on the Cutty Sark . |
| 18 | ‘ There is plenty for him , ’ observed Dorothy , ‘ wherever he looks on the carpet . ’ |
| 19 | I never forget a face — ( He looks into the SPY 's face ) … not that I know yours that is . |
| 20 | Yes , but pretends he 's not watching and he looks over the top of his paper . |
| 21 | When he looks at the lake |
| 22 | He goes into a restaurant and he says oh the waiter erm let me see the menu and he looks at the menu and said right , he said . |
| 23 | And Beuno said nothing , but he looked at him as mildly as he looks at the trout that he catches in the stream , and the doctor said , ‘ Until tomorrow ’ , and he left , and Beuno watched him go as mildly as he watches the sheep when he frees them from where they are caught in the hedge . |
| 24 | If he looks at the statistics , he will see that it has always been like that . |
| 25 | At other times he looks at the sky , his jaw clenching and unclenching as if working a particularly stubborn wad of chewing gum while the Kansas City Glee Club harmonises solemn music : perhaps he wants to turn it off — but they are unstoppable . |
| 26 | He looks at the mess on the controls . |
| 27 | If he looks at the dates of all those expressions , he will see that we published our statement in May , even after my hon. Friend the Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) had made his remarks . |
| 28 | Finally , he looks at the availability of the basic data which are accessible to researchers in child care ; to the kind of housekeeping information that should be kept by organizations and which if it is , makes it unnecessary for researchers to start from scratch every time . |
| 29 | The Minister says : The gentleman has made his point in his usual colourful style.His views will be taken into consideration by the Home Secretaryw when he looks at the problem |
| 30 | He looks at the bags of plasma : 15,000 ccs have been moved through Ali . |