Example sentences of "but look [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not rule out specific industries , but looks for companies in the £l0m to £100m area that are well-established operations with a strong market position ; big enough to support a sensible market structure ; small enough to offer a reasonable growth opportunity ; and where there are likely to be attractive opportunities for exit . |
| 2 | He was speaking to the women , but looking at Goldman who was kneeling , head lowered . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Sir Robert affably to Lionel , but looking at Lily . |
| 4 | " The missus made it , " he said , pushing the big cup towards Patrick , but looking at Tom as he spoke , " strong and sweet as you said . " |
| 5 | He stepped forward , offering his hand to the albino but looking at Berdichev as he did so . |
| 6 | It should be remembered that in this chapter we are dealing only with stress within the word ; this means that we are looking at words as they are said in isolation , which is a rather artificial situation — we do not often say words in isolation , except for a few such as ‘ yes ’ , ‘ no ’ , ‘ possibly ’ , ‘ please ’ and interrogative words such as ‘ what ’ , ‘ who ’ , etc. , but looking at words in isolation does help us to see stress placement and stress levels more clearly than studying them in the context of continuous speech . |
| 7 | Yeah , but looking at college like I 've come from school like , and I never liked it at school . |
| 8 | Light suit , short hair , spotty face , but looking in charge . |
| 9 | But looking after Jake ( short for Jocasta ) is like babysitting a pit bull terrier ! |
| 10 | We do not behave simply according to our instincts , but look to others to follow and imitate . |
| 11 | But look at Lionheart , they said that 's , that 's that plays perfectly , you know when you running and those pikes come in underneath you . |
| 12 | ‘ But look at Hosanna in the sun . |
| 13 | But look at Jennifer . |
| 14 | But look at individuals , rather than averages , and you see interesting things happening to some of the peasants ' lives . |
| 15 | DSS officers do not hand out money lightly , but look for evidence to support claims . |
| 16 | ‘ Terry 'll be all right , but look after Joe . |
| 17 | It 's useful to hold regular meetings of non-teaching staff not only to reinforce the message but to look for ways of improving the school . |
| 18 | The logical thing to do , however , is not to turn one 's back on philosophy in general , but to look for mistakes in the particular philosophy of which the conception of the world as ‘ external ’ , colourless , and so on , is a part . |
| 19 | Radiance Strathdee , the author of research carried out for Centrepoint , said this was not enough : ‘ There is a need for the government to get round the table with local authorities , not to lay down guidance , but to look at strategies to set about moving the impasse which exists ’ . |
| 20 | The Futurists , on the other hand , were men who started from violent ideological principles of their own but looked to Cubism for guidance as to how they could best express themselves . |
| 21 | Charles was tempted to make a quaint Yorkshire pleasantry about the name , but looked at Mrs Sweet and decided against it . |
| 22 | Portrayed over the reign as a whole , his itinerary looks extensive ; but looked at year by year , season by season , it shows a heavy concentration in the region bounded by Pîtres , Servais , Attigny and Paris , with the great majority of known stays between October and June being at palaces within that quadrangle . |