Example sentences of "i [vb base] look [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean you can see how they live , I mean look at the roads . |
2 | ‘ No , I want to look at the ponies with Ricky , ’ said Perdita , frantic not to miss a minute . |
3 | I want to look at the consequences of replacing these assumptions by two others : that we should concentrate on how mind might develop out of matter ; and that we should view the mind primarily as something which enables action . |
4 | I 'm sorry to inflict this on you , Miss Glynn , but I want to look at the contents of the bureau amongst other things and it is better that a member of the family should be present . |
5 | ‘ I want to look at the bodies . ’ |
6 | . I like looking at the houses . |
7 | I like it because I 'm out , I think , and I like looking in the shops and sometimes I bump into people I know , and it just makes a little break … |
8 | She said : ‘ I remember looking at the windows , and German tourists coming in and then … ’ |
9 | I try to look in the windows of the house but they 're either covered with those plastic roll-down external shutters you usually see in France or closed off inside by Venetian blinds . |
10 | ‘ Abi and I share looking after the children — but from choice and because I enjoy it . |
11 | I 've looked through the accounts ! |
12 | ‘ I 've looked at the colours on flowers . |
13 | I 've looked after the kids for them while they 've gone to vote , anything to get them here , that was the thing . |
14 | Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest . |
15 | I have looked into the shadows which are not yet realities . |
16 | During a break while attending a board meeting , I have looked beyond the faces and the smoke , and seen some idea that has carried me far away for a few moments . |
17 | I have looked at the stones . |
18 | I have looked around the faces before games in the past wondering who was going to go to the wire with a home crowd after your blood , never mind the opposition . |
19 | I should however indicate that to understand properly what is the appropriate position for an inset boundary , I have to look at the reasons for there being an inset at all for the village , as , as you correctly indicate , it lies plainly otherwise within the general extent of the greenbelt . |