Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] look at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The physical and analytical chemistry department at DSM has looked at the distribution and migration of salts in limestone . |
| 2 | Ellen turned to look at the rapidly disappearing Dream Baby . |
| 3 | Yesterday we won a vital victory in having Attorney General Sir Nicholas Lyell agree to look at the case . |
| 4 | Donna sat looking at the box for long moments . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | the situa , perhaps it 's worth outlining how Litchfield came to look at the new settlement option , because it has some relevance to York |
| 7 | Benny had looked at the cream-coloured blouses and soft pink angora sweaters . |
| 8 | Morse turned to look at the waters once more before he left , then sat silently in the passenger-seat of the police car as Lewis had a final word with Sergeant Dixon . |
| 9 | Patrick turned to look at the street , wondering what had brought Collins here ; but it seemed just another poor tenement side street . |
| 10 | Alyssia had looked at the girl in amazement , beginning to feel disproportionately angry at this unexpected anticlimax . |
| 11 | Christine Griffin ( 1985 ) looked at a group of girls in the same way as Willis had looked at the boys . |
| 12 | The question puzzled me for I had not mentioned Sister Island , nor its old name of Murder Cay , to either the police or to the Defence Forces , nor had Billingsley troubled to look at the pencilled line on the chart , yet he had somehow connected Hirondelle with the mysterious island . |
| 13 | Dulé leaned to look at the dark husk that was the old woman 's body ; shadows bound the close air inside the room and he could see her only as a lighter shape . |
| 14 | When Peter and Anna had come for interview , Anna had looked at the hills with hunger , and not at the cramped kitchen or the meanly proportioned sitting-room , and had urged Peter to accept . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , von Frisch had looked at the honeybee dance more closely . |
| 16 | Mr Benn , who often comes to our help at these moments , has promised that as soon as a Labour government under Mr Kinnock has looked at the books and realised the true extent of the crisis , it will realise the need for serious measures . |
| 17 | Dr Hunter came to look at the neck and shoulders . |
| 18 | The Doctor and Lacuna turned to look at the screens . |
| 19 | When Ma had come home from London with her there 'd been great excitement , and Edward and his brother Billy had looked at the mite as if she were a fairy found among the budding snowdrops . |
| 20 | " Your bruise does n't look so good , " Sara said looking at the dark swelling on his cheek bone . |
| 21 | Jenna lay looking at the sky , breathing in the smell of the grass and smiling to herself . |
| 22 | He says : ‘ SCL asked to look at the deal I was putting together and straight away they said the biggest problem is conflict of interests . |
| 23 | Blake turned to look at the Doctor . |
| 24 | Laura turned to look at the other woman in astonishment . |
| 25 | But Larry declined to look at the tapestry and turned his head up towards her instead . |
| 26 | The Centers for Disease Control in the USA have looked at the families of HIV positive people who were sharing facilities such as toilets , baths , beds , crockery and cutlery . |
| 27 | When they were in the woods Tess turned to look at the house . |
| 28 | In reminding himself that his responsibilities were for the President , he recalled the way that Mariana had looked at the old man that first day when he had met them out on the dock , the President casting for bonefish . |
| 29 | Jasper stood looking at the bell rope which came out of a small square aperture at what was the base of the campanile . |