Example sentences of "[noun sg] be look after " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them needs Pond 's to look after it . |
| 2 | Medical endoscopes , industrial boroscopes and related equipment are looked after by Olympus Keymed and Olympus KMI in Southend . |
| 3 | Is the divorce or separation being looked after ? |
| 4 | As well as providing pregnancy counselling to any girl at school up to the age of eighteen years , its ongoing work is to look after the social and educational needs of a small group of six or seven pregnant schoolgirls or school-age mothers who attend the unit every weekday for a period of twelve months . |
| 5 | I know that Our Lady is looking after Timothy now . |
| 6 | ‘ I take it you 'll be seeing the young lady 's looked after , Doctor ? |
| 7 | The poor little rich boy was looked after by a second mother in the person of strict Ilse , from Germany : this did a great deal , but not enough , to relieve the isolation he felt — which , as his researches disclosed , was to be a factor in the isolation and rejection suffered in turn by his younger brother , who also left for the Mediterranean . |
| 8 | other remark , which I ca n't let go unchallenged , that ninety percent of mental health work in the m community is looking after the worried well . |
| 9 | ‘ This funicular is looked after by an Englishman . |
| 10 | He 's got all the colo his job is to look after all the colours of all the patrons . |
| 11 | His job is to look after us both as regards our work at the Institute as well as on recreational trips , and he does his best , although his English is perhaps not as good as it could be ( at least he sometimes does n't seem to understand what we say ) . |
| 12 | Julian and I have decided that our business is to look after our own people here in the country . ’ |
| 13 | They had warned her at the start there would be complicated things going on , and not to try to understand them , that her job was looking after the baby . |
| 14 | Uncle Fred 's job was to look after displaced persons , sad , homeless victims of the war . |
| 15 | But mi main job was to look after Gordon McQueens ' & Joe Jordans ' Rod Stewart Lps . |
| 16 | ‘ Our business was looking after the traveller and our mission was to provide security and peace of mind , ’ says John Petersen , vice president of public affairs for Travel Related Services . |
| 17 | When they do need support , there is the comforting notion that the welfare state and National Health Service are looking after their needs better than ever before . |
| 18 | A friend is looking after the house today … |
| 19 | but , then the next morning of course when Wendy got home she 'd been down my nephew 's looking after the kids for them and erm , and said we 've come to arrest you , and no , oh Rachael said oh mum there 's a police car pulled up outside , so she said , oh my god do n't tell me they 're wrong and it is Tracey , cos Tracey 's left home , she 's gone to live with her friend and erm , anyway , when Wendy got to the stairs she could n't go in , she could n't go any further and she said erm , when , when the policeman said Mrs I 've come to arrest you , she just about said Christ she said what have I done ? |
| 20 | An animal rescue charity is looking after goats and horses saved from Ryelands Farm . |
| 21 | Jackie says her role is to look after the horse and make sure he 's ready on time and looking right and also to judge whether he 's in a good mood or bad mood … she says 's he 's a good horse |
| 22 | I was miserable at the time , but later I realised Heavenly Father was looking after me because if Aunt Mary had said play , we 'd have gone out , and I 'd have missed the breakthrough . |
| 23 | On the one side , the callers : individuals who have been deluded into believing that the prime function of a national government is to look after them and who therefore itemise their personal miseries in public ( unemployed , house repossessed , eldest son unable to claim benefit , one leg ) before asking the politician : ‘ What I want to know is , what you going to do for me ? ’ — for all the world as though asking a pretty sharp question . |
| 24 | I could n't see why , because apparently the kid is looked after by a local nursemaid , who had taken it off that day to visit her own family . |
| 25 | One day Johann came to tell us that the King was now very sick , and that Antoinette de Mauban and a doctor were looking after him . |
| 26 | So when Jane asked him for a loan , he snapped back : ‘ I think my first duty is to look after myself ! ’ |
| 27 | Goram 's looking after number one Andy Goram is having the time of his life with Rangers and Scotland , but the road to the top has been strewn with pitfalls . |
| 28 | The first need is to try and ensure that the churchyard is looked after and kept tidy . |
| 29 | His first responsibility 's looking after this Berlin trip . |
| 30 | I assure you Committee have full confidence in the prudent manner our Management Co is looking after our Village together with Crestacare honouring the terms of our Lease to the full , not forgetting our Warden/Manager Mr and Mrs Philip Holmes whose co-operation is very much appreciated . |