Example sentences of "to look at [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 If we take wanting everybody to look at him as the ‘ real ’ reason , then the case of Stavrogin is ( in the lawyer 's phrase ) on all fours with that of the underground man 's indecent exposure of consciousness .
2 A lot of humans had been in to look at him in the last few minutes .
3 David was silent for so long that she had to look at him in the end .
4 She turned to look at him in the darkness ; he stayed looking at her .
5 But in Jamaica at the time , there were no facilities for kids , just for professional fighters , so I just used to look at them through the fence , sparring and punching the bag .
6 Woodlice feed mainly at night , so to see them actually feeding you need to look at them during the evening .
7 ‘ I was hoping to look at them on the plane , but they were at the bottom of the pile and I never got around to it . ’
8 We are used to looking at faces , the faces of people , for their emotions and feelings ; and when we wonder about the emotions of animals we tend to look at them in the same limited way .
9 Most studies of social services , however , tend to look at them from the historical or development view .
10 She tried to recall her life before the siege and the heads of young officers turning to look at her at the Calcutta racecourse .
11 Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner .
12 He turned to look at me across the studio .
13 He had been thinking about buying Lyn a kitten for her birthday , and as he came up to the great dolmen , had paused to look at it for the thousandth time , he had seen the bundle on the ground .
14 This is available if anyone wants to look at it during the course .
15 Or , to look at it from the child 's point of view , the words the adult uses will be interpreted in the light of the forms of social understanding which have already been forged non-verbally .
16 Or to look at it from the social point of view — he 's just one man among many , the loss would be well within reason and convenience .
17 You are only looking at it from our point of view though are n't you , I mean they , they 're going to look at it from the point of view that they can possibly obtain sixteen zero zero fours , although they 'd obviously like to get them cheaper , but at a price that makes the the overall package that contains that bearing and a six eight O seven cheaper than than the package that we would like them to use which inc would incorporate six zero zero fours , and er whatever after .
18 As he mentioned the bird , he turned his back on Lesley-Jane to look at it in the glass case .
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