Example sentences of "looking [prep] the [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's bad enough looking through the new sections and the main articles and seeing nothing mentioned less than E4 , 6b . |
| 2 | We usually start by looking through the Yellow Pages and ringing up companies to ask if they will give donations and prizes . |
| 3 | We had spent much time looking for the right place and seemed to have explored almost every corner of the country , from Devon to Cumberland , and had almost settled on a disused mill at Fisherton-de-la-Mare , near Amesbury . |
| 4 | I was looking for the perfect book and I found it . ’ |
| 5 | I mean , I 'm definitely a feminist , but I 'm not a man hater , but I mean I think everyone 's looking for the new term and |
| 6 | We 're looking for the local minimum and the local maximum . |
| 7 | Vivien is not alone in thinking that the European professionals are making a mistake in looking for the same privileges and superstar treatment that is nowadays meted out to their American sisters . |
| 8 | WHelan did nt look out of place , but in this match I feel that he and Deane were both looking for the same balls and not really working as a pair . |
| 9 | She ran her house as previously , looking after the five children and her husband . |
| 10 | This was a ground-floor room which bulged out on the side of the house looking towards the big lawn and the stables . |
| 11 | When I look at a natural object for a long time , like looking into the burning embers and the flames of a fire , there appears a new vision or facet of that object or a new way of seeing it in relationship to some other world of thought . |
| 12 | The feeling of fear had subsided somewhat and I remembered looking into the rubble-strewn backyards and thinking how sad it was that they were now in ruin , as last time I was at the station they were occupied . |
| 13 | Do you know that bit where he was ha looking over the diving board and stuff ? |
| 14 | He sat at his desk looking over the same papers and repeatedly having the same conversations but unable to take decisions or achieve anything . |
| 15 | Most people said I should get probation , but I was looking on the black side and thought I would get a sentence of three to five years . |
| 16 | You 're not looking at the stream , you 're looking at the bloody quality and you ca n't stop yourself doing it . ’ |
| 17 | Each situation under which law is being used either against or by the peace movement will have to be analysed extensively by looking at the specific arena and the specific legal language spoken . |
| 18 | Looking at the specific people and events mentioned , the degree to which one might talk of ‘ organisation ’ seems somewhat open to question . |
| 19 | These examples are relevant in the present context as the equitable no conflict rule is formulated in terms of a " reasonable man looking at the relevant facts and circumstances of the particular case " thinking that " there was a real sensible possibility of conflict " . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , well , ’ she said reprovingly , looking at the unfinished grate and thinking of all the other duties which McAllister should have performed by now . |
| 21 | I do support this , which is Michael 's resolution because we should be looking at the financial costs and er going into the practical aspects of this and let's , let's face it er there are many aspects which are financially unviable and we should be aware of exactly where we stand on that . |
| 22 | I take in my opinion the size , scale of settlement that is being pursued by erm North Yorkshire is of sufficient size , erm my experience erm are twelve fifty to fifteen hundred new settlement is sort of of a size that can sustain a reasonable balance of community facilities , I think in looking at the new village and in the context of P P G thirteen its highway implications , we see from table one of er Mr Curtis 's supplementary statement that public transport , I E bus and train , in terms of journeys to work to the Greater York area amounts to about eight percent of all journeys made , now I think if we were to follow Mr Curtis 's view through and put all development on the periphery of York , if we put two hundred to the North , two hundred to the East , two hundred to the South and so on and so forth , the contribution that those , that new housing can make to improving the public transport system , will be very small , if you concentrate your developments in a new settlement , or or maybe two new settlements which is another point , erm you have a better opportunity to provide a public transport system which would not only serve that new village , but also settlements in the surroundings , and I think you will find that the percentage of people in the new village who are reliant on public transport as a means of getting to work is greater that what you find in the Greater York area at the present time . |
| 23 | then you see or somebody you know looking at the long jump and they 're muttering away to themselves . |
| 24 | ‘ In particular , I was looking at the environmental regulations and how [ or even if ] they are enforced . |
| 25 | Looking at the total expenditure and the economic projections , ministers decided broadly and in a preliminary way what limits had to be set for spending in the next financial year ( then about nine months away ) . |
| 26 | He got up after a while and paced round the high-ceilinged room , looking at the layered posters and the soft toys , the two old wardrobes , the small ring-tree on the window ledge , hung with little cheap , colourful rings . |
| 27 | I remember spending hours looking at the cover of Deep Purple 's ‘ Machine Head ’ , looking at the little photos and thinking , ‘ He 's playing a Strat and he 's standing on a Vox amp ; right , that must be the sound . ’ |
| 28 | If he took no interest in gardening before his illness , he may find it refreshing to be outdoors looking at the different colours and shapes of the plants , smelling their fragrance , and watching the insects and birds they attract . |
| 29 | She does n't deserve a life like this , thought Mrs Jones , looking at the pale face and shadowed eyes before her . |
| 30 | She got ready for bed and then stood on the balcony looking at the moonlit night and the mountains . |