Example sentences of "he [verb] to look " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roman would be less likely to spot her now if he chanced to look round . |
| 2 | ( He turns to look at Fateha ) Where do you live , er … |
| 3 | Philip 's face is sad , shadows are in his eyes as he turns to look . |
| 4 | ( He slips a coin over his shoulders as he goes to look upstage . ) |
| 5 | He tried to look me in the eye , Say |
| 6 | I was just making conversation , ’ she answered with dignity ; and he tried to look chastened . |
| 7 | He tried to look apologetic , but it did n't work . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's because you 've let him get away , ’ Whitlock snarled but the policeman snapped at him to face the front when he tried to look round . |
| 9 | He tried to look full of rakish charm by pulling on a weak smile . |
| 10 | He has to look at everything from an international perspective . |
| 11 | The Tories are , wisely , keeping their boy away from most of the rough stuff — rightly recognising that such strengths as he has are in his niceness — but he has to look like he wants to win sometimes . |
| 12 | When a manager is faced with no financial resources he has to look for youth or experience to fill out his squad . |
| 13 | Lessons should be easy to follow ; that is , the teacher should find it easy to keep his place when he has to look frequently from coursebook to students . |
| 14 | Every one of those horses he has to look round for fo all four feet up . |
| 15 | I understand an and appreciate wh what you 're saying and most grateful to you for that , I think wha what you 're , Neil is saying is is that with we must make sure the time , that this main strategic planning he has to look at , this very important issue , allows sufficient time for mature consideration |
| 16 | And er , but shines the light in his eyes and he has to look up |
| 17 | Edouard was on horseback ; he stopped to look at the child , who was about eight or nine years old , and exceptionally beautiful . |
| 18 | When he stopped to look back along the road , he saw two cars draw up in front of his home , one after the other . |
| 19 | He stopped to look at the house and saw below it , on the shore , a large rectangular basin which seemed to have been blasted out of the rock at the foot of the cliff . |
| 20 | Sometimes , when he went for a walk , she followed him ; if he stopped to look at something she stopped too and when he walked fast , she walked fast to keep up with him . |
| 21 | After discussion with the therapist , Tony agreed to start searching for another job more systematically ; he proposed to look at the local newspapers twice a week for possible job vacancies . |
| 22 | He promised to look into my complaint and ceremoniously restored my defaced season ticket with a rubber . |
| 23 | In his first meeting with the TUC General Council in January 1942 , Beveridge rejected their suggestion for a retirement condition , saying ‘ I do not believe the old people leaving the labour market really create fresh employment ’ , but he promised to look further into the matter . |
| 24 | He starts to look for human girls to fuck , |
| 25 | It 's not that I 'm totally assured that this time round I wo n't be quite so foolish , it 's simply that I know it 's possible to progress to that stage beyond ‘ falling in love ’ — if I do n't opt out as soon as he starts to look less like Prince Charming and more like Mr Very Ordinary and Boring . |
| 26 | He bent to look at the fastening , then picked up one of the white stones and struck ; the glass tinkled thinly , a horrible sound . |
| 27 | He wants to look after his people . ’ |
| 28 | Not that he wants to look out of the window any longer . |
| 29 | He pretended to look chastened , and inspected the cut with great care . |
| 30 | Tremayne 's own mood appeared to be a deepening depression over the evening 's finale , and I was sorry because he deserved to look back with enjoyment . |