Example sentences of "[pron] look [prep] [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we examine what it is one participant is ready to see that other participants might read into a situation and what it is that will cause him to provide ritual remedies , followed by relief for these efforts , we find ourselves looking at the central moral traditions of Western culture . |
| 2 | I look to the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook when I say that I am not clear about the precise intention that lies behind the phrase in new clause 2 , which refers to ’ satisfactory access to advice and representation ’ — this is for applicants — ’ from advisers and representatives of their choice ’ . |
| 3 | Now I look at the confident sexual swagger of young men with more than a faint envy . |
| 4 | It 's great , Frankie boy ; I 'm keeping to the fields and the woods and walking a lot and getting lifts and when I get near a town I look for a good fat juicy dog and I make friends with it and take it out to the woods and then I kill it and eat it . |
| 5 | er I know I look like a real goody goody and everything I 'm not really ! |
| 6 | I looked at the rosy-cheeked little fellow ( all of four years ) in front of me . |
| 7 | I turned round , half-expecting to hear a giggle , a rather inane giggle ; and then as I looked at the thick shadowy scrub near the gate , and remembered the grim reference to Prospero , a more sinister explanation came to me . |
| 8 | So I really wanted to nail the bastard — preferably with the cooperation of my team-mates just to prove the point — but the fucking technology let me down and the gun jammed and he had me pinned , firing shot after shot at me , and finally I gave up trying to un-jam the gun and made to throw it at him though I could hardly see because there was yellow paint all over my visor , but he ducked and tripped and sat down on a trunk , holding his stomach , and the bastard was laughing his socks off because I looked like a giant dripping banana , only I 'd just realised the gun was n't jammed after all , the safety catch was on . |
| 9 | For six months I looked after a valiant clerical worker with cancer of the colon , which had spread to her liver before her condition was diagnosed . |
| 10 | Bolted to one side of a table is a strange stone implement which looks like a huge flinted knife-sharpener , and this radiates faint magic to a character with Magic Sense . |
| 11 | But instead of the greed-crazed madman he expected , he found himself looking into the round red face of a Sergeant of the Watch . |
| 12 | It was then he knew for certain that the oriental he had just shot was not the one from whom he had wanted to exact retribution for injuring Pam — because at the other end of the corridor he found himself looking into the glittering black eyes of his hated enemy , Angel One . |
| 13 | Around 100 members and guests participated in the programmes , the first of which looked at the future economic development of Scotland while the second examined the social and political circumstances relating to the ambitions outlined in the first . |
| 14 | The club house , which looked like a turreted Ruritanian castle , had white walls , grey roofs , flawless pitches front and back , but as yet no windows , nor , as Perdita suspected , a Ladies ' loo , or changing room . |
| 15 | When she looked Masklin up and down he caught her eye and thought : she looks like a little old lady , but she 's in charge . |
| 16 | Once a cheerleader at the University of Texas , she looks like an innocent suburban housewife unknowingly mixed up in the rough-and-tumble world of Texas politics . |
| 17 | You look at the top 10 English Test wicket-takers — four o ’ 'em Surrey men . |
| 18 | When you look at the popular big four-wheel drive off-roaders , the difference is more marked : 27 mpg at touring speeds makes a Land Rover Discovery turbo diesel a viable alternative to a large estate car , but 18 mpg from the petrol V8 would put it out of court for many private buyers . |
| 19 | 1 comb ( for moment when you look into a magnificent eighteenth-century 18′ x 18′ mirror and suddenly realise you 're letting the whole place down with your unkempt hair ) |
| 20 | You look like a mental deficient standing there gawking . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You look like a new religious cult from San Francisco , ’ Nutty decided . |
| 22 | ‘ You look like a little blue bush-baby … ’ |
| 23 | You look like a little Dutch girl . |
| 24 | She looked at the other young man , who had retrieved his glass and was watching Sara and Graham with a smile on his face , almost a smirk . |
| 25 | She looked at the strong old face , the arched bone of the nose , the imperious , high forehead and thought : I bet she 's been a tartar in her day . |
| 26 | She looked at the tall dark young man next to Sarah — Hassan ! |
| 27 | She looked at the tall young man with the beautiful dark eyes . |
| 28 | Turning away , she looked at the familiar little roam : the dolls , the make up scattered over the dressing table , the books , haphazardly placed on their shelf . |
| 29 | She looked at the old narrow beams that stretched across the ceiling , at the white-painted walls and the brightly coloured furniture , comfortable chairs and the mellow , shining wood of tables and bookcases . |
| 30 | As she looked at the soft golden panelling , more of which emerged every day , the pleasure of her victory washed over Sara anew . |