Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] be looking [prep] " in BNC.

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1 We 're not saying , as you well know from my representations , we 're not saying that these sites should be allocated for development now either in total or or in part , unless the Inspector feels that there is a shortage of housing land , that he needs to be looking for additional sites .
2 He seemed to be looking at a picture only he could see .
3 She was forty-six : her face was unlined , her hair still golden without grey in it , her body trim , very trim , yet he seemed to be looking at an old woman .
4 He seemed to be looking for something .
5 True , he was quite relaxed and , as always , full of bonhomie , but somehow he seemed to be looking with far greater intensity towards the past than the present .
6 He seemed to be looking into space .
7 But he was not looking down at her , his gaze was remote ; he seemed to be looking through the window into the darkness of the garden .
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