Example sentences of "[pers pn] look [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I look down the other side of the island on to tall fields of barley , stands of eucalyptus . |
| 2 | - I look towards these preparations for the sun , |
| 3 | When I look towards the Merchiston Castle here , I wonder what John Napier who lived here from 1550 to 1627 would have said could he see us today . |
| 4 | I look as if I 've made an about-turn but in terms of simple logistics it 's getting itself out of all proportion . ’ |
| 5 | When I sit down they billow up in front of me and I look as if I 've got a water melon under there . |
| 6 | " I look as if I were going to give birth to an elephant at any minute ! " |
| 7 | At the moment I look as if someone has slashed wildly at me with a knife . |
| 8 | Two inches on my hair and I look as if I 've had my face thinned and people start speaking in hushed voices in my presence . |
| 9 | just have , I look as if I 'm |
| 10 | Sometimes I look through the catalogue at the men 's clothes , or wander into shops like Principles and look at the menswear . |
| 11 | I look through the crowd at the steep stairs to the upper office . |
| 12 | I look through the letter-box but I ca n't see anything ; I reach in and feel a box on the far side of the thick door . |
| 13 | I look through the window — the streets , the sky the colour of wet sugar — and I am simply stumped by this , dumbfounded , non-plussed . |
| 14 | I look through the blinds . |
| 15 | The undercut cave is dark and mysterious but the lightness of the sandy bottom becomes apparent as I look across the bend , the water becoming shallower as I scan across to the inside of the bend . |
| 16 | Wessex Poems , with its idiosyncratic drawings , introduced him to a startled public as a poetic writer of great originality and — in ‘ Neutral tones ’ , ‘ Friends beyond ’ , ‘ I look into my glass ’ for example — a potential master of the lyric form . |
| 17 | Our square red-brick house stands some 100 yards away ( as I look into the Sun ) with its french windows open . |
| 18 | I stay in bed and pluck at the counterpane and listen to the winds of solitude roaring at the edge of infinity and the wolves of evil baying down the void , and I look into the darkness . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I thought I no longer felt anything for you , but when I look into your eyes … |
| 20 | Could you carry on here while I look into the shipping side of things ? " |
| 21 | I look into that fishtank , me , and all I see is new furniture of a different kind , studs and beads and zebra flashes , bouncy frills and fruity bobbles , Barry 's lounge , Vron 's boudoir . |
| 22 | That 's why I want you to lie low for a couple of days , while I look into it . ’ |
| 23 | I look into her eyes . |
| 24 | I look into his patient eyes . |
| 25 | Some snatch of verse from a Jacobean tragedy flashed through his mind : ‘ When I look into the fishponds in my garden , methinks I see a thing , armed with a rake , that seems to strike at me . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Sometimes I feel , when I look into your eyes , that I know you , right to your soul . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's absurd — I look on Margaret as my best friend , but I 've only seen her once in the last six months — I do feel guilty about it . ’ |
| 28 | I look on it as a work of God . |
| 29 | As a member in business , I look on the Institute 's failure to address the problem of conflicts between the two roles with concern . |
| 30 | I look on myself as a fun golfer I go off with my mates on golfing weekends and have taken my clubs to Spain , Tunisia , Portugal and the USA . |