Example sentences of "[noun] and look " in BNC.

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1 It has good head-retention characteristics and looks well in a straight-sided glass .
2 In desperation he tugged of his wig and looked pleadingly at them .
3 That would be a little bit of a problem for Frank Clarke if er Cooper has got a problem with his shoulder you know if it 's if it 's serious because looking at his people on his bench you know Neil Webb and Crosby and looking at the make-up of his team he has n't really got anybody he could slot back in there unless he put er Rozario in there .
4 Dandelion muttered , " Leave the warren , Frithrah ! " while Blackberry twitched his ears and looked very intently , first at Bigwig and then at Hazel .
5 This was a Greek theatre , hollowed out of the steep mountainside and looking out over one of the finest views in the world , with the sea far below on one side and , in the distance , Mount Etna .
6 Angelica took the card and looked at it .
7 I remember seeing the red card and looking up , there was 30,000 people jeering and I could see my dad in the front row of the directors ’ box .
8 the player takes the first card and looks at it , if it is a question card ask the next player , one of the two questions
9 ‘ A case for galoshes , ’ remarked the Substitute , tossing a cigar end out of the jeep and looking around at the steam rising slowly from the wet earth .
10 a self-evaluation followed by visits by advisers to see if staff are performing up to their own perception and to look into the objectives of the school .
11 We live in little beach chalets and look out all day on the Mediterranean ; its blueness always surprises me , though I 've seen it so often .
12 There was another ant-hill nearby and he copied Dandelion , sitting upright on his hind legs and looking about him .
13 One afternoon a week he received tuition from Minton whom he first saw seated on a windowsill , hugging his legs and looking as young as some of the students he taught .
14 I sat with my head between my legs and looked at the dirt-encrusted toenails of the silent Yugoslavian on my left until-'Jennings ' was called from the next room .
15 Sanchez uncrossed his legs and looked towards the pit .
16 Guards met him , helped him out , standing back , their heads bowed , as he stretched his legs and looked about him .
17 ‘ Nonsense , ’ replied the nurses , ‘ you 're not even three fingers dilated , ’ until one of them , a girl with a lot of red hair , opened Wendy 's legs and looked and screeched , ‘ But I can see the head !
18 Robbie averted her eyes from those muscular legs and looked at him consideringly .
19 Lloyd stopped tuning up Beeby 's legs and looked up in genuine surprise and then disgust .
20 England were soon losing wickets when play began , four going down for 80 ; but then Lamb and Robin Smith , on debut , showed what could be done , and on the Friday morning posted a century partnership and looked good for plenty more .
21 Phil Whelan has returned from winning his second England under-21 cap in Turkey on Tuesday and looks likely to deputise once again at left-back .
22 Phil Whelan has returned from winning his second England under-21 cap in Turkey on Tuesday and looks likely to deputise once again at left-back .
23 It had once been the master bedroom and looked out on the woods to the east .
24 A real fifties style , it was made of very thin ciré and looked almost like a dress , with its circular skirt and stand-up collar .
25 I always assumed I 'd leave school and get a ‘ proper ’ job , then get married , have kids and look after my family in a modest little house .
26 So you would feel probably the best mechanism would be the appointment of somebody who is given that responsibility and solely that responsibility of reporting and looking after the interest of the deferred pensioners .
27 Loks like granules , but add a pint or so of water and it swells , filling up a vase with solid squishiness and looking like crystal .
28 Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Wilkinson has responsibility for two military districts and looks after ‘ England north of the Wash ’ .
29 You got up in the early morning and helped in the farm , milked the cows , fed my cows and calves and looked the pigs , and then you 'd hens and chickens and the pet lambs and things like that .
30 Carson stepped out on to the terrace and looked over the rail again .
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