Example sentences of "to look [prep] the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also like the idea of being able to look through the window and see people walking by , a bit of activity . |
| 2 | While she refused to dance in public , her brother and staff took turns to look through the keyhole and watch her as she worked-out in her black leotard . |
| 3 | After I had fired the frame they would want to look through the camera and would actually retake it with his own finger , saying ‘ It looks better like this . ’ |
| 4 | If the offeror is a subsidiary , or a company controlled by a consortium , the offeror should normally expect the Panel to look through the corporation and require disclosure of the ultimate holding company or members of the consortium . |
| 5 | They are particularly concerned to look for the policy and party political consequences of events and policies . |
| 6 | This was still some way from a mathematical science , and chemists continued to look for the Kepler or the Newton of Chemistry who would make it deductive and mathematical . |
| 7 | Certainly one is not under an obligation to look after the child if one did not promise to do so just because it would have been a good thing to promise . |
| 8 | He 'd buy a house for Penny 's mum , a big , big house and then they 'd sell it again and he left every bit of the money to Dionne , so she 'll be able to look after the child when she gets twenty-one and that , but now |
| 9 | . And she 's got to look after the budget as well . |
| 10 | The hidden costs of being in hospital — lost income , the cost of employing someone to look after the children , the cost of having someone to look after the home if your partner works , even your partner 's lost income — can soon add up to become a severe financial burden during an already difficult time . |
| 11 | But then I thought actually all this adds up to what you want is someone you feel safe with , someone you feel is going to look after the country and its people well , and I thought is Major somebody I feel safe with , and I thought well in some ways because I do n't think he 's going to turn round and do anything nasty to me , but on the other hand erm I wonder — I 'm going back to your question — is he a man of substance ? |
| 12 | My mother volunteered to look after the luggage while my father and I went for a short walk . |
| 13 | ‘ Britain was the first to pay farmers to look after the land and care for the countryside , while cutting back on production . |
| 14 | Oliver wondered why the old man lived in such an old , dirty place , when he had so many watches , but then he thought that it must cost Fagin a lot of money to look after the Dodger and the other boys . |
| 15 | Entrusted to look after the fire or the children , let alone to go hunting , the myopic savage would have been a menace to group security . |
| 16 | They should be fitted in the first instance by a community nurse , who will show you and the resident how to look after the catheter and how to empty the bag . |
| 17 | I think we 're now in the third phase , where women are expected to have a job , but at the same time to look after the family and keep themselves alluring to men . |
| 18 | She had to look after the family and the home , and sometimes she even had a part-time job as well . |
| 19 | We left the older ones to look after the farm and we took the horses . |
| 20 | Jackie says her role is to look after the horse and make sure he 's ready on time and looking right and also to judge whether he 's in a good mood or bad mood … she says 's he 's a good horse |
| 21 | Now the Queen 's household cavalry have offered to look after the horse and it 'll be transported to its new home early next year . |
| 22 | And we also expect them to look after the countryside and that 's something we must pay for . |
| 23 | No , fortunately the other companies are stand alone companies erm making erm you know making their own way , and they do n't have to fear erm Richard coming and stripping them of their hard earned earnings to put into the airline erm because erm you know because fortunately we 've got resources elsewhere to look after the airline and see its development through . |
| 24 | Similarly , mothers of babies and children tend to look towards the experience and activities of those women whom they perceive as " successful " , " caring " and " attractive " in the maternal role . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ Do n't say you 're in too much of a hurry to look into the cathedral before you go . ’ |
| 26 | I took the trouble in my own district to look into the subject because I could see the way the demand for less services . |
| 27 | Subsequently , the minister set up a committee under Mr David Cairns QC , and including Mr Peter Masefield ( as he then was ) and others , to look into the law and practice of aircraft accident investigation in the UK . |
| 28 | He leaned over to look into the pool and , losing his balance , fell into the deep water . |
| 29 | To look into the future and explore questions related to the long-term development of the economy ; this is the aim of the project . |
| 30 | Even so , he was able to look at the fireglow of the Chariot , and he was able to look into the light and see the salamanders with their wise faces and their eyes filled with ancient knowledge . |