Example sentences of "[conj] look round " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would therefore display a becoming restiveness , or look round for the usual dispatch-case , so that when he started slowly rising to his feet , which he did as if by some inner mechanism , I could , like an adjoining lift , follow him slightly behindhand . |
| 2 | He stabs at the buttons three times , then wriggles over to the handset and makes muffled shouts through the gag until you cock the gun and he hears it and looks round at where you stand , next to the wall , waving the telephone 's wall-plug . |
| 3 | Yes , yes , just disappeared , yeah , right , right , well I 'll ask Alistair , oh well uhum , I would n't hold out a lot of hope , huh , somehow , his uhum , he puts in an appearance at the summer fair for half an hour and looks round , says I think I 'll go now , , I 'll leave you to it you know , keep the children , , that 's it , is n't it , his taken our Clare in to buy a tennis racket . |
| 4 | As he was moving away , he paused , and looking round at us with a smile on his face , he said , ‘ Oh yes , and a direct hit on the newly-dug shithouse … shit everywhere ! ’ |
| 5 | Screwing up her eyes and looking round , it was with a sinking heart that she realised the enormity of her task . |
| 6 | At that point he was attacked from behind and looking round , spotted two formations of Bf109s and MC200s , totalling an estimated twenty aircraft . |
| 7 | We stayed for an hour and a half taking photographs and looking round before wading back for another hour with our ammo boxes again . |
| 8 | She was just about to go inside again when over to her right , by the high stone wall that marked the boundary of the Roscarrock estate , she heard a single , high-pitched whistle , and looking round she saw a face observing her from the other side . |
| 9 | Well when the sirens went at the beginning , what few rifles we 'd got , he 'd er take us out and string we out along this brook , a rifle every so often and and facing one way and looking round to see when anything goes up and in case anybody come over or anything come over and er that was the initial start . |
| 10 | And looking round , disturbed by a vague presence at his left shoulder , encounters his friend . |
| 11 | The couple she had met as the Corduroys , Ken and Louise , were holding plates and looking round for somewhere to sit . |
| 12 | The visitor , whoever it was , came in silently , and looking round , not knowing who or what to expect , Molly saw the tall sad-looking dog , its eyes wet and its pink tongue lolling , which Buck had apparently abandoned to the Castello Crocetto . |
| 13 | Several unions , conscious that their membership had fallen in recent years and looking round for new areas of recruitment , homed in on " non-standard " workers . |
| 14 | This and and looking round to see that you were working . |
| 15 | ‘ There is an old saying that every time an owl hoots a woman has been unfaithful , ’ she added , lifting the candlestick and looking round . |
| 16 | She noticed for the first time that they had stopped , and looking round , discovered that they were outside the house . |
| 17 | Wycliffe stood on the dais , smoking his pipe and looking round . |
| 18 | He was on his feet , roused and content , and looking round for his cloak ; and she was there with it , lifting it to his shoulders . |
| 19 | ‘ Aye , ’ I said , wiping my eyes with my sleeve and looking round to see that we were still alone . |
| 20 | When he had n't returned within half a hour Sarella sat up , shaking her head to clear it and looking round his room with gentle eyes . |
| 21 | Free to go in and look round , I do n't think it 's open |
| 22 | I sit down on the floor next to Marie and look round . |
| 23 | I still got a bit of coffee left after I finish eating the doughnut , so I sip it slow to make it last , and look round the caff . |
| 24 | My hat 's fell off so I stick it back on and look round . |
| 25 | Let's go up to the copse and look round . |
| 26 | er and look round for something else . |
| 27 | I looked up in time to see him place his cap on his head and look round the kitchen , patting his pockets as he did so . |
| 28 | It would sit on your knee and look round at whoever was holding it . |
| 29 | and look round . |
| 30 | Cissy Salt , her baby face hard and cold as a coin , stood back from the couch and looked round at the trembling tearful group . |