Example sentences of "looking [adv prt] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have to find him yon old folkery with the picture-window looking on to the stand of immemorial beeches , the dingle dell , the plashing brook , the wishing-well , the verdant sward … |
| 2 | premises ‘ over the shop ’ , looking on to the town 's main streets , can provide desirable offices for local professional firms , or indeed flats — residential use in particular keeps the streets alive in the evenings and at weekends when the shops are shut . |
| 3 | She was looking down to the garden gate , which at that moment Greg Hocking was closing carefully behind him . |
| 4 | Dutch authorities are looking in to the incident . |
| 5 | Looking over to the block of flats opposite , I can see a window with a dark , damp patch underneath it as big as the window itself : it was n't raining , but somehow it was wet . |
| 6 | Well , ’ I sighed , looking up to the night sky , where the clouds were starting to blot out the few stars that the city lights did not obscure . |
| 7 | ‘ Lot of paper in tonight , is n't there ? ’ said Bartlemas , looking up to the Circle and Gallery . |
| 8 | In his own Lake District Guide Book he says he came to Ambleside in 1809 , where ‘ he took a House opposite the White Lion ’ , and the etching showing his garden gate looking up to the Market Cross in its original position seems to support this site ; but the date is clearly wrong . |
| 9 | Looking back to the opening statement of the first article last month , we must remember that in the main we are thinking about these designs as decoration rather than as pure picture-making . |
| 10 | The view looking back to the station and 61094 — its departure was at 16.20 . |
| 11 | Looking back to the period between the two world wars and even to that of 1939–45 , any newcomer to the scene would have foreseen nothing other than a future of amicable and mutually beneficial co-operation . |
| 12 | Cardiff pushed past , and now they were all heading down that corridor past the two elevators on their left ; still looking back to the reception doors lest that monstrous shadow should suddenly reappear . |
| 13 | Looking back to the start of the day , cold and frosty just about says it all . |
| 14 | But if film executives were to be believed , the majority of the audience was less interested in salving their fears about wars and conflicts ahead than in looking back to the time when Britain had a role to play in the world . |
| 15 | Looking back to the time when she could n't find reverse on her company car , Alison contrasted this with her new job responsibilities : ‘ Now I 'm driving over 2,500 miles a month , much of it spent on the M25 . |
| 16 | Looking back to the Constitution of 1884 which [ Dicey ] was analysing … |
| 17 | His face was a mask of alarm and he was looking back to the office door and the cabinet which was pushed up against it . |
| 18 | Then there was a smaller room at the front of the house where the old man counted his money , and which he called his ‘ den ’ , and , to the rear of the house the kitchen , a large , well-designed place with windows on two sides ; one looking out to the side of the house where the undergrowth reached waist height , and the other two situated at each end of the wall that overlooked the rear garden . |