Example sentences of "and looks [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GUIL stands up and looks over the audience . ) |
| 2 | Then he cleans the bed of needles and berries , spreads an old blanket over it , stretches himself at length , his hands folded under his head , and looks through the branches at what he can see of the blue sky . |
| 3 | It is no exaggeration to say that tomorrow there will be many drivers who owe their continued good health and looks to the fact that they bought an airbag-equipped Honda today . |
| 4 | It says it comes out of the recession with important increases in market share and looks to the future with great confidence . |
| 5 | This Update draws together some of the achievements of ACDP , reflects on some lessons learned and looks to the future . |
| 6 | The sociolinguistic approach to peer communication records naturalistic dialogue and looks at the structure of conversation in terms of maintaining discourse effectively ( Garvey , 1984 ; McTear , 1985 ) . |
| 7 | While planning the gig , the agent works with the promoter and looks at the event 's costs . |
| 8 | This chapter discusses the notion of planning , examines different approaches to planning and looks at the changes in attitudes to planning that have taken place . |
| 9 | Keith holds his head in his hands and looks at the floor . |
| 10 | Creditor management is based upon criteria supplied by the lender and looks at the credit behaviour of the individual , not just a single account . |
| 11 | As part of the investigation into attitudes to mass electricity , the project explores the reception by the public of plans for a National Grid and looks at the way in which this programme was presented to those most likely to be environmentally and economically affected by its construction . |
| 12 | On the first morning of their honeymoon , he wakes up early and looks at the lady , still sleeping on the pillow beside him . |
| 13 | Fred opens a can of beer , switches on the TV , groans as he slumps over the sofa and looks at the paint peeling off the ceiling . |
| 14 | He picks up his empty beer glass and looks at the drops moving on the bottom . |
| 15 | She examines the connection between the curriculum and the deviance of boy and girl pupils and looks at the possibilities of combating sexist curricula . |
| 16 | The chapter goes on to outline the main purchase types , and looks at the importance of contract markets in many industrial buying situations . |
| 17 | Michele Hanson examines the problems imposed by budget cuts and staff shortages , and looks at the need for long-term strategies . |
| 18 | Joyce Nelson assesses the performance of the teacher in the living-room and looks at the lessons being taught . |
| 19 | One listens for and looks for the signs of a presence — a call , a disorder in the green face of the forest signalling a monkey 's passage — and most times one must be satisfied with that . |
| 20 | She rises , moves the improvised drying rack of Riva 's clothing to one side , feeds more coal to the fire , settles back and looks for the words in the flames . |
| 21 | She goes up the fire escape and looks into the upstairs rooms . |
| 22 | Andy sits in an ancient bulging armchair , its fake brown leather rubbed through to the fabric net underneath in places and burnished to a deep black shine on the arms ; he nurses his whisky and looks into the fire most of the time . |
| 23 | The male guards the next , aerates the eggs and looks after the larvae until they are able to feed for themselves . |
| 24 | At the sides the cathedral is built of red brick and looks like the headquarters of some great insurance company before computers replaced clerks . |
| 25 | I do , I think I 've got somebody buying me another so I go and look into that oh I do what Mavis does now , she goes and looks in the book shop |