Example sentences of "the [noun sg] to look [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This month I 'd like to take the opportunity to look back at the current series of articles featuring the Pentatonic scale , taking stock of our command of the scale all over the fretboard . |
| 2 | She paused in the doorway to look round at him . |
| 3 | Whitlock paused in the doorway to look back at Rachel . |
| 4 | Early of Ely and Family ’ ( 1771 ) in which the richly clad Earl , the Countess and their two musical daughters sway elegantly in front of an idealised Greek temple set in their newly designed gardens while a small African boy dressed in a combination of Turkish and Indian costume holds up the Earl 's diadem , curiously peering round the Countess to look up at his owner . |
| 5 | She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and went over to the window to look down at the courtyard . |
| 6 | Whitlock said , pausing in front of the desk to look down at Kolchinsky . |
| 7 | And having proved that , in rugby as in business , they are quick learners who are very adept at recycling ideas , the Taiwanese could well be the team to look out for come September . |
| 8 | Lee turned her head to the right to look down at him . |
| 9 | If Joe had not caught her , she would be there now , walking up the dale to look down on the sleeping cottage . |
| 10 | He took them two at a time , pausing at the top to look back across the square . |
| 11 | ‘ We leave winter behind us , it seems , ’ Tagan said , turning in the saddle to look back at the still-white hills . |
| 12 | Paul , in these verses , allows himself the chance to look back with his readers , and see the results of twenty years of Christian service . |
| 13 | The opportunity to go away from the school and work in a different atmosphere and with people who might have a different perspective on the management of organizations would give me the chance to look back into the school more objectively and question some of the assumptions I had grown to accept . |
| 14 | He twisted slightly in the chair to look up at her . |
| 15 | She had the grace to look down at her wedding ring , a worn gold band . |
| 16 | On Crag Hill I stopped at the cairn to look down on Dentdale spread below me , Helms Knott , the Howgills and the distant forms of Cross Fell , Dun Fell and , facing me , the long ridge of Barbondale . |
| 17 | It is at the point in Scale 2 , where Hilton starts to emphasise this , that he uses the image of the ladder to look back at what has gone before , and to point the way ahead : The rest of the book illuminates the subtle inner movements of the personality in which man engages with the power of God to come to a knowledge of his being , the " wirkyng in a soul " when Scale 2 is more engaging as a work which marshals literary resources to illuminate Christian mystical theology . |
| 18 | Holograms are 3 dimensional images of scenes and events , enabling the viewer to look around from side to side , up and down to see different areas of the subject . |
| 19 | ‘ Is it still light enough to work ? ’ asked Merymose , standing , and walking across to the doctor to look down at the body . |
| 20 | SUMMER nights are very short and not the right time of the year to look out for the stars . |
| 21 | This is reflected in the tendency to look back to a ‘ golden age ’ when these societies were thought to be more peaceful and law abiding . |
| 22 | And this is one of many ways in which ordinary communication between people depends on our having a very powerful memory , having the ability to look out for situations that we 've been warned about , and to take action in accordance with instructions that we 've been given previously and have stored up . |
| 23 | His face was severely troubled and he went out into the street to look up at the tree which overhung his house . |
| 24 | NOW 'S THE TIME TO LOOK OUT FOR SPIDERS , SNAKES AND FLEA-KILLING PLANTS . |
| 25 | It would not do for some occupant of the house to look out of the window and actually see one walking across the lawn . |