Example sentences of "[vb past] to look at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He bent to look at the fastening , then picked up one of the white stones and struck ; the glass tinkled thinly , a horrible sound . |
| 2 | She tried to look at the thing calmly and sensibly , tried not to be aware of Deana and Sarah whispering at a table only a few yards distant , but felt too hurt and shocked to be rational . |
| 3 | I tried to look at the scenery . |
| 4 | I stopped to look at the shore . |
| 5 | we went to Trafalgar Square and we stopped to look at the pigeons and we 'd moved on and I , I suddenly realised I had n't got Vicky with me , so I looked all round , could n't see him , had to go right back to Trafalgar Square and he was still looking at the pigeons |
| 6 | Edouard was on horseback ; he stopped to look at the child , who was about eight or nine years old , and exceptionally beautiful . |
| 7 | If only one stopped to look at the shape of the garment and the stitch used , it might well be just what we have been looking for ! |
| 8 | If people stopped to look at the borders alongside the house he would be perfectly charming ; if they did n't he would n't bother them . |
| 9 | ‘ We toured the Transport Museum , ’ said Peter , ‘ and Alexander Karaulov and I stopped to look at the autogyro on display . |
| 10 | He stopped to look at the house and saw below it , on the shore , a large rectangular basin which seemed to have been blasted out of the rock at the foot of the cliff . |
| 11 | ‘ What happened , ’ says an attendant parent , ‘ is that our defence stopped to look at the train . |
| 12 | She paused in front of Barnes and Noble and pretended to look at the book display in the window . |
| 13 | The recession has exacerbated this problem to such an extent that the Metropolitan Police has a Fraud Squad division detailed to look at the issue . |
| 14 | Beryl chatted with one or two of the bystanders then lingered to look at the cards on the wreaths and this annoyed Francis . |
| 15 | When fire protection officials came to look at the dump they discovered mattresses deposited by a bed company , furniture and even potentially hazardous oil cans . |
| 16 | When he came to look at the poem Miss Gilberd had intended to teach , Toby rather wondered at her judgement . |
| 17 | ‘ I came to look at the gravestone . ’ |
| 18 | When prospective buyers came to look at the house , which happened more and more frequently , they stayed out of the way until they had gone . |
| 19 | Dr Hunter came to look at the neck and shoulders . |
| 20 | The BRDC directors , urgently seeking to fund improvements at Silverstone , asked to look at the deal and went ahead without consulting their members . |
| 21 | He says : ‘ SCL asked to look at the deal I was putting together and straight away they said the biggest problem is conflict of interests . |
| 22 | Oh I know , you only got to look at the VAT ai n't you for starters |
| 23 | Councillors agreed to look at the possibility of closing off Roedowns Road to help with possible traffic-flow problems . |
| 24 | ‘ The most extraordinary thing happened , ’ he explained , ‘ I was sitting here ( at his desk in Kensington palace ) , and I happened to look at the bookshelf , and my eyes settled on a book about Paracelsus . |
| 25 | They both turned to look at the child . |
| 26 | She turned to look at the registrar as he strode smiling into the room , and her bemused expression must have registered . |
| 27 | He turned to look at the clock . |
| 28 | Morse turned to look at the waters once more before he left , then sat silently in the passenger-seat of the police car as Lewis had a final word with Sergeant Dixon . |
| 29 | Lucille stopped , turned to look at the girl once more then , intuitively , she knew the answer and looked for confirmation into d'Alembord 's worried face . |
| 30 | And at that moment , as he turned to look at the girl again with a glint of admiration in his eyes , Ronni was aware of a reaction deep inside her . |