Example sentences of "be looking [prep] the same [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After all , we are looking for the same thing . ’
2 So contrasting is it that one may wonder whether its adherents are looking at the same thing at all : ‘ As the eighties unfold , humanity faces a worldwide shortage of productive cropland , acute land hunger in many countries , escalating prices for farmland almost everywhere … ’
3 For example , if the adult holds an object , such as a doll , in the child 's line of gaze , the child is likely to look at the object and then immediately glance at the adult 's face to check that they are looking at the same thing .
4 Here we are looking at the same argument using the energy input in absolute terms .
5 Whenever you find an A.sessilis or A. reineckii you are looking at the same plant : A. rosaefolia .
6 They 're looking at the same place where … ’
7 The formal publication stage is much the same when it comes to record content — peer and institution review will still be looking for the same things .
8 We had discussed this business of how people 's appearance literally alters in the eyes of their lovers , and suddenly I blushed , for it seemed to me he must be remembering this too , and that we must be looking for the same thing , as one might take down an old book in a moment of hungry nostalgia and start to re-read , hoping it may provide the same remembered enchantment as before .
9 An artist , an art historian and a tourist may all be looking at the same painting but their perceptions would be different .
10 As a result , I shall experience a succession of different " complexes of qualities " but I shall still be looking at the same bunch of flowers .
11 So they 'll be looking at the same information as we are .
12 those seeking work were looking for the same kinds of jobs as those that had found it ;
13 the 26 students seeking employment were looking in the same kinds of business areas as those who had been more successful in job search ;
14 And again that 's looking at the same time in nineteen seventy se seventy seven , seventy eight time , it 's looking back into that er er driveway , and if you can remember the sort of the Victorian or Edwardian er photograph that er I showed you before , of er virtually that er that view .
15 In 1946 in Milan , Werner met a young woman who was looking at the same things as he was .
16 I was looking for the same thing yesterday !
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