Example sentences of "and look [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well when the sirens went at the beginning , what few rifles we 'd got , he 'd er take us out and string we out along this brook , a rifle every so often and and facing one way and looking round to see when anything goes up and in case anybody come over or anything come over and er that was the initial start . |
| 2 | This and and looking round to see that you were working . |
| 3 | ‘ Aye , ’ I said , wiping my eyes with my sleeve and looking round to see that we were still alone . |
| 4 | Then , like a break in the rhythm of a fugue , I heard the Sheikha say ‘ Um Hamed ’ , and looking up saw Um Hamed and two of the women of her hareem walking through the court toward us . |
| 5 | In the future , therefore , we must encourage publishers to be a little more forthcoming about the basis on which they offer readability data , and look carefully to see whether what they have calculated really is the population mean of the book in question . |
| 6 | Totally negative approach , of course if you start to do a programme which we have n't been involved in some mistakes will be made but we should be positive and look forward to see how we can avoid the mistake we 've been making in the future . |
| 7 | Then she 'll open the curtains and look out to see what the weather 's like , and then she 'll say summat like ‘ How about a walk , Billy ? ’ or ‘ Jigsaw weather today , hen . ’ |
| 8 | generally speaking the nation had good ears , they knew what was what and they listened quite well , hear you deaf ones he 's describing them and look forth to see you blind once verse twenty it was a case of seeing many things , but you did not cheat watching and Daniel , verse twenty five , look it says there a little phrase near , half way through that he took no note , the nation took no note of what was happening at that time , but we know what happened to them , many of them , thousands , a million of them lost their lives did n't they ? |
| 9 | One has only to stand on the bridge over the Trannon at Trefeglwys and look upstream to see the stable narrow river coursing elegantly between its magnificent borders of ash and sycamore , and compare this with the immediate downstream reach , which wanders amidst a waste of gravel . |
| 10 | Like bundles of dirty old clothes — Jess thought irritably , and looked round to see who else was there . |
| 11 | He was aware of a small noise at his side and looked round to see Detective Inspector Kate Miskin looking , not at the corpse , but at him . |
| 12 | Ruth felt her own arm gripped , and looked round to see Fand — but the Woman 's head was turned away , avoiding her gaze . |
| 13 | Then she picked up a parcel lying next to her , and looked round to see if the driver was coming back . |
| 14 | Both children stopped playing and looked up to see who had called them . |
| 15 | Ingrid watched in amazement as the eggs disappeared as if they were being sucked into quicksand , and looked up to see every man 's eyes riveted upon Ilse 's gaping crack . |
| 16 | As he clambered over the rocks , parting the scrub and the brambles to peer into crevices , he heard a droning throb overhead and looked up to see a helicopter . |
| 17 | She replaced the phone on its rest and looked up to see Myra gazing at her , a concerned look on her face . |
| 18 | Robert went to the French windows and looked out to see if he could see anything . |
| 19 | ‘ I heard a bang and looked out to see a car parked directly opposite the house go away up the street . |
| 20 | The boys lined up in the corridor by the glass office and looked in to see who was up against the rod . |
| 21 | ‘ I think we 're — ’ He broke off abruptly as Fenella let out a cry of purest revulsion and looked down to see the Melanisms at their feet , surging thickly upwards . |
| 22 | I took a couple of steps forward , then heard something whispered from behind me , and looked back to see Janice hugging Ash , almost violently . |
| 23 | They halted on a rocky ridge where heather poked up through gaps in the stones , and looked back to see Ralarth a green patch below them . |
| 24 | She got out and looked about to see that there across the road , in an area where buildings were few and far between , stood the welcoming sight of a small hotel and restaurant . |