Example sentences of "[vb infin] a closer [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shiny plastic and vivid purple padding on the waist and shoulder straps make the sack stand out and guarantee a closer look . |
| 2 | Then someone said , ‘ Should n't you like a closer look at your little brother ? ’ and she realized oh , make it not true — that he was her brother … |
| 3 | Maybe the DOS-based Personal Finance Planner will help us keep a closer eye on those disappearing thousands . |
| 4 | For the first time in this book we shall take a closer look at one branch of the proletariat . |
| 5 | But Barry Ward says we should take a closer look at the East of England . |
| 6 | No , even the hyenas wo n't laugh at these and anyone who has to put up with you telling these gags is likely to let you take a closer look at the lion 's cage — like from the inside . |
| 7 | He gestured for her to move aside so he could take a closer look at the microphone . |
| 8 | ‘ Ooh , could we take a closer look ? ’ |
| 9 | We must now take a closer look at definitions and measurements regarding the glass transition . |
| 10 | Let us take a closer look at each . |
| 11 | Let's have a closer look at these two — viscosity first . |
| 12 | Let's have a closer look at the factors involved in the blades striking the tailboom . |
| 13 | Okay , let's have a closer look at that arm . |
| 14 | Okay , let's have a closer look at these , Right , just , read a few of those words there , why do you think have a ring around some of those words ? |
| 15 | Can you pass that card again , I did n't have a closer look , did you buy it here ? |
| 16 | Oh well do have do have a closer look |
| 17 | Although it does n't admit to doing anything more than ‘ looking at the technology ’ presently , indicators suggest ICL may develop a closer relationship with HyperSparc in future . |
| 18 | Individuals might develop a closer sense of identity with the organisation — eg. through personal association with the owner-managers . |
| 19 | I dropped my handkerchief so that I could get a closer look . |
| 20 | Some of the crew were against this because they thought they 'd get their watches stolen ( I ask you ) and some in favour so that they could get a closer look at the women ( I ask you ) . |
| 21 | Come here , cara , and let me get a closer look . ’ |
| 22 | On our rather hurried journey north through Norway , I had marked one or two places which I though might repay a closer look on the way back , and one of those was the reserve of Folkstumyren . |
| 23 | However , we thought bail and custodial remands , of which we observed few , might repay a closer look . |
| 24 | From now on , Robbie vowed , she would put a closer guard on her own feelings and emotions . |
| 25 | While such studies as these do bring out the peculiar status of the causatives make and have ( which , I would agree , do involve a closer bond between the causative event and the event caused ) , they are nevertheless based on abstract semantic categories which have been set up a priori in logico-truth-conditional terms — Wierzbicka ( 1988 : 237 ) aptly characterizes them as " ready-made labels " — and therefore lose sight of the fact that each individual language is a system where meaning is bonded to form in permanent and idiosyncratic fashion ( cf. the comments on Ransom 1986 in the Introduction ) . |
| 26 | The letter from Doctor Phillips at the Priory Road practice says Mr Mazzotta should find a closer surgery to his home . |