Example sentences of "was [adv] looking at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was just looking at the place . |
| 2 | ‘ I was just looking at the scenery . ’ |
| 3 | One can therefore presume that he was not looking at the landscape as scenery but as habitat . |
| 4 | She was still looking at the tree when , suddenly , the Cat appeared again . |
| 5 | we went to Trafalgar Square and we stopped to look at the pigeons and we 'd moved on and I , I suddenly realised I had n't got Vicky with me , so I looked all round , could n't see him , had to go right back to Trafalgar Square and he was still looking at the pigeons |
| 6 | She was still looking at the ceiling : ‘ Things like that just do n't exist , ’ she said to herself . |
| 7 | She was still looking at the door . |
| 8 | He was still looking at the envelopes as they went into a sitting-room at the end of the passage . |
| 9 | John was still looking at the photograph . |
| 10 | Mitch was also looking at the Alhambra and taking a few more shots . |
| 11 | Edward was now looking at the river with great intensity ; he leaned forward a little , as though to see something better . |
| 12 | ’ I was n't looking at the driver , ’ I said . |
| 13 | Confounded by this reply , Oscar looked across at the other man to see that he was n't looking at the stars at all , but was still busying himself with the body . |
| 14 | Miss Harker was n't looking at the board . |
| 15 | And after running out of ideas against Watson he then appeared to run out of strength and motivation and was actually looking at the canvas instead of into his opponents ' eyes in the seventh round when he was flattened by a thumping left jab . |