Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] look [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DEC quit looking for an Alpha RISC second source when it became apparent foundries were n't willing to make the kind of investment needed without knowing whether the thing was really going to take off , says Electronic News . |
| 2 | Academy assistant manager Mette Doessing promised to look into Mr Doblin 's case , but said the hotel received few complaints about telephone charges . |
| 3 | Bella avoided looking at Joe . |
| 4 | Richard avoided looking at her , for fear she should think he meant anything particular by it . |
| 5 | Dr Neil avoided looking at a bridling McAllister , particularly when Mrs Darrell went on to say , still in the same shriek , ‘ Hope she 's honest , Neil . |
| 6 | If Dennis came looking for her , she might hear him in time , or she might not . |
| 7 | Ellen turned to look at the rapidly disappearing Dream Baby . |
| 8 | Shiona turned to look at her . |
| 9 | They were drawing closer to the barrier now and Donna began looking for Julie , praying that her sister was waiting , hardly daring to contemplate what she would do if she was n't . |
| 10 | Lucy kept looking at her watch . |
| 11 | Feeling fraudulent , but enjoying himself immensely , Branson went looking for an island . |
| 12 | Why had she never realised before now that Dana resented looking like her sister ? |
| 13 | Shiona had looked into his face with a stab of emotion , and just for a moment had been unable to speak . |
| 14 | On the one occasion she had broached the subject of his mother , David had looked at her with cold eyes , saying in a hard voice , ‘ My mother was her own worst enemy . |
| 15 | But David said look at shifting ! |
| 16 | Lucy had looked at her aunt in puzzled silence before saying , ‘ No doubt I could find this place — but what on earth do you expect me to do when I get there ? ’ |
| 17 | Fluff continued to look after Titch , and even when she grew and became Big Titch , she never forgot her first friend , and they shared a basket , though she persecuted everyone else — feline and human — giving them no peace until she fell asleep , having worn out herself and everyone else . |
| 18 | Her eyes scanned the first page quickly , taking in the expected account of how Ellen had looked after Oreste as her own , but when she came to the reasons why he had not been handed over to Gigia , Wilson slowed down and even repeated the words to herself . |
| 19 | Donna sat looking at the box for long moments . |
| 20 | Dana refused to look at her and walked out of the bathroom . |
| 21 | Molly stood looking at the lapping water with Ken Corduroy , expert on garden pools and pergolas , who had arrived quite unexpectedly in his Volvo estate . |
| 22 | Donna stood looking at them , listening as the attendant pointed out each canvas in turn and told her a little about it . |
| 23 | the situa , perhaps it 's worth outlining how Litchfield came to look at the new settlement option , because it has some relevance to York |
| 24 | When Miss Temple came to look for me , she found us sitting quietly together . |
| 25 | And Adimov seemed to look for admiration from Holly when he told his story . |
| 26 | On Oct. 28 , Azerbaijan 's President Abulfaz Elchibey agreed to look for a compromise candidate for interior minister . |
| 27 | As usual they walked past the toy shop and Pete stopped to look in the window . |
| 28 | His greatest wall had been built when Mr Fractor came to look for a book on logarithms . |
| 29 | Katherine turned to look at Senga . |
| 30 | In the sitting-room doorway , Alexander turned to look at her . |