Example sentences of "look over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the possibility of a conversation is denied with a model who presents an uplifted chin and who looks over the artist 's and viewer 's heads . |
| 2 | Yes , but pretends he 's not watching and he looks over the top of his paper . |
| 3 | Twenty metres or so from the grass-packed hill which looks over the Rabbit Grounds I switched to Silent Running , pacing stealthily through the long weeds and reeds , careful not to let anything I was carrying make a noise . |
| 4 | The front looks over the lake and the views are beautiful . |
| 5 | On Martin , where I was , someone would go to the washroom which looks over the pathways to act as lookout , so hardly anyone did stay in bed once the screw had gone off . |
| 6 | Actress Jane Asher and cartoonist Gerald Scarfe , below , also put in an appearance at the penthouse flat which looks over the River Thames to the Palace of Westminster . |
| 7 | GUIL stands up and looks over the audience . ) |
| 8 | And the elder Miss Snoot at her window high up in Old Odborough looks over the roofs of the town . |
| 9 | I 've looked over the shoulder at a few of these and they are obviously not the sort of thing , that you came sliding out of your mother 's womb knowing how to do . |
| 10 | The crisis only seems to eased because of ruthless conference management and because Tories have looked over the precipice and seen the disastrous consequences of disunity . |
| 11 | Slater slouched a little and nodded , looking over the road to the gallery . |
| 12 | Maybe so , but the old castle looked to me like a Victorian Gothic lighthouse , looking over the lake . |
| 13 | Willi led her into a huge living-room with a window looking over the valley . |
| 14 | In Steinam-Rhein , the past is always looking over the shoulder of the present . |
| 15 | ‘ I get on better on my own , ’ he said to his mother , looking over the leaflets he 'd picked up . |
| 16 | ‘ I think we 'll end up with some kind of big confrontation , ’ he said , leaning back in his desk chair , surrounded by other desks and with an open window looking over the rest of downtown . |
| 17 | Not only are today 's tasks still as onerous as ever but , looking over the horizon , further potential tasks loom ahead . |
| 18 | ‘ Poor Richard was worried , ’ she said , looking over the top of her spectacles . |
| 19 | ‘ All ready , Daisy ? ’ he asked , looking over the top of his spectacles . |
| 20 | Michael was looking over the top of a cliff at them and had to fall over , hanging in mid-air . |
| 21 | A long dark room , it has a turret growing out of it with a view of untold magic , looking over the yew garden and the rose garden , on to Otmoor . ’ |
| 22 | Our agreement would propose a royalty of 2% of our receipts on each written component for the use of the syllabus of Project English and for looking over the Activity Book and Video Guide manuscripts . |
| 23 | Looking over the oak rails , I could see the gallery floor and , further below , the ground-floor area , the spectacular chimney continuing upward and out of sight above the sloping-beamed ceiling . |
| 24 | Martin was standing at the furthermost edge of the terrace , looking over the gardens and down to the sea . |
| 25 | Meals are served in the restaurant , looking over the mountains . |
| 26 | Everyone was looking over the balcony . |
| 27 | As a final thought , I think it would be worth Leeds 's while to have a scout looking over the US collegiate system . |
| 28 | Looking over the wall corner , the crater of Cow Pot is revealed and should be left severely alone ; instead , turn south to a cluster of boulders around an iron manhole cover set in the ground . |
| 29 | In the adjacent Golf Bar golfers will soon be able to find a welcoming watering hole looking over the green . |
| 30 | They smoked in silence for a while , looking over the gate at the well-kept buildings which formed the nucleus of the site . |