Practicing using some phrasal verbs and some other topics (14)

look after
1. I had asked my cousin to look after my home while we were away.
2. When choosing shoes, I don't care about their appearance, but they must be easy to look after.
3. My uncle was employed to look after this place at night.
4. We have to get a woman to look after our children.
5. I like indoor plants, but I haven't had them in a long time because I have been too busy to look after them.
6. I won't make friends with those who look after their interests alone.
7. I get off the coach, with nobody looking after his briefcase. (I is in the first person and his refers to someone else.  It's better to say "He got off the coach, with nobody looking after his briefcase" or " I got off the coach, with nobody looking after my briefcase")

look ahead
1. One should look ahead when making important decisions.

look at
1. I took a look at my son who was sleeping soundly.
2. I'm looking at my son with affection.
3. I have aked a plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe in the toilet.
4. Everyone has their own way to look at this matter.
5. I wouldn't look at such a job with so many working hours in a day.
6. He said he wouldn't look at a girl like that.

look forward to
1.The thing I'm looking forward to is going hiking with my son.
2. We're looking forward to the spring festival when I can go home to reunite with my parents.
3. I'm looking forward to hearing from you in the near future.
4. I'm not very much looking forward to going back to work.


look into
1. Before coming here, I had looked into working in HongKong.
2. I am looking into how to celebrate my son's upcoming birthday.
3. I had looked into my personal interests before having come to this decision.

look up
1. I looked up his phone number in my old cell phone.
2. Sometimes I look up some words in a Chinese dictionary.
3. Last Sunday, I got a chance to look up an old friend.
4. Things may be looking up in the IT field.

Looks pretty good to me :)