Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was look " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a brown-panelled room smelling of tobacco they sat on opposite sides of a cold hearth full of cinders , swallowing hot wine and water under the blue eyes of Sergeant Collier , who was looking at them with intent curiosity like a man staring at a two-headed dog in a freak show . |
| 2 | Vivienne found Peters extremely boring , but the next day , Sunday , Peters and Eliot , who was looking very ill , went off to Greenwich , a choice of venue which suggests that the two men talked about sailing for much of the time . |
| 3 | At that time , Russell Mills , an artist who was looking for a dwelling that would be large enough also to provide studio space , realised that the building might subdivide suitably to meet , at low cost , the similar needs of fellow artists and designers . |
| 4 | Her husband Francis had made a slightly better showing than her daughter Jennifer , who was looking particularly ragged . |
| 5 | He managed to have another few words with Mrs Morgan also , who was looking much stronger . |
| 6 | ‘ How about Communists in government ? ’ suggested a friend to Senator Joe McCarthy from Wisconsin , who was looking round for an issue to help get him re-elected . |
| 7 | Zambia ordered Nathan , who was looking up perplexed . |
| 8 | Agnes started and went towards her mother , who was looking at her from the kitchen doorway . |
| 9 | ‘ He does n't , eh ? ’ said the tramp , who was looking at her with great interest . |
| 10 | I asked the officer who was looking out of the window if there was a curfew . |
| 11 | For example Mrs Snell , who was looking after her husband said that she could still manage to look after him at home ; she was doing a little more for him than last year because he was physically frailer and more uncooperative , but she was getting the right amount of help and was quite satisfied . |
| 12 | Similarly Mr. Pope , who was looking after his wife , said he did not want her to be anywhere else but at home : |
| 13 | By request of the potman who was looking most worried . |
| 14 | ‘ Or perhaps too much , ’ laughed Susan , who was looking beautiful despite her pallor and the fact that her blue frock was practically in its dotage . |
| 15 | To Nick 's left sat Colonel Beamish who was looking as sceptical and impatient as he had in the stewards ' room at Ascot , and Lord Chester , a wealthy landowner who had ridden as an amateur until recently . |
| 16 | I spoke to a farmer from Catfoss near Hornsea who was looking after his baby grandson while his daughter rode in the race . |
| 17 | I 'm writing with regard to a letter from Andy Mitchell from Ashington ( Aug ‘ 92 ) , who was looking for help in the preamp/processor direction , and was looking for the Eddie Van Halen , Brian May and the Nuno Bettencourt sounds for his processor . |
| 18 | But I bumped into Chris who 'd been doing some session work with Steve ( Buzzcocks ) Diggle , who was looking for a guitar player to do a few gigs , and Chris kind of trapped me into that . |
| 19 | She seemed most impressed , and said that I should meet her boyfriend who was looking for a bass player , and so I joined his jazz-rock band back in 1973 and we did some touring in Britain . |
| 20 | I could hear her scolding him for not having contacted her sooner , not having brought me to see her , asking whether I was safe , was someone with me , who was looking after me . |
| 21 | Another group was clustered around one human , who was looking very worried . |
| 22 | The woman was staring at them , and Tabitha did n't know who was looking through her eyes . |
| 23 | A further image is that caring is a predominantly female experience ; a typical caricature of a ‘ carer ’ would be that of a married middle-aged woman whose children had grown up and who was looking to re-enter the labour market . |
| 24 | " There 's been a death in his family , " Tom said to the barman who was looking curiously at the pale , wide-eyed young man . |
| 25 | In 1946 in Milan , Werner met a young woman who was looking at the same things as he was . |
| 26 | She smiled cruelly at her cousin , who was looking rather ill . |
| 27 | The next hour was taken up with rearranging assistant and duty managers ' rotas and trying without success to locate Stephen , who was looking at a remote beach-front site miles from English Harbour , where the estate agents were located . |
| 28 | ‘ It might be a number of things , ’ said Caspar , who was looking about him . |
| 29 | He was standing just inside the doorway , supporting Piper O'Rourke , who was looking old , tired and bruised . |
| 30 | Johnson , who was looking askance at Miss Beresford 's occupational therapy , said , ‘ In the scale of insignificance , I think knotting is to be reckoned next to mere idleness — ; though I once attempted to learn knotting … but I made no progress . ’ ) |