Example sentences of "look [prep] the [noun] until " in BNC.

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1 The male guards the next , aerates the eggs and looks after the larvae until they are able to feed for themselves .
2 He was conscious that Therese had been engaging in ‘ business ’ but had n't appreciated how it had looked from the front until it was too late to do anything about it .
3 With an SLR camera rotate the filter while looking through the viewfinder until you get the best effect , then take the meter reading .
4 You must not look for the book until you reach the shelf carrying its class number .
5 The basic idea is that you look through the book until you find a picture that is of the type you are going to take , and you then read the accompanying bar code into the camera .
6 The mare will look after the foal until he 's at least five weeks old and then he 'll be weaned off in the natural way .
7 A Newcastle police spokeswoman said : ‘ The fact they dumped the baby may mean they just did n't look in the back until it was too late .
8 I was determined to get him , and must have been concentrating so intently on his movements that , like a fool , I forgot to look in the mirror until it was too late .
9 I also suggested that Britons should be urged not to ask for a chance to look at the remains until the situation improves .
10 She went indoors to her room , lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling until a nurse brought lunch .
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