Example sentences of "looking [adv prt] of the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A passenger looking out of the right-hand window of the carriage after the train for Bishop 's Castle had clattered over the pointwork away from the Shrewsbury and Hereford joint line , to curve westwards into the Onny valley , would have seen a small timber platform marking the site of a temporary station that became a permanent feature . |
| 2 | He leaned sideways , looking out of the opened perspex canopy of the plane . |
| 3 | Soon I was in my old room , with its creaky Victorian furniture , looking out of the tall window at the Dublin traffic . |
| 4 | And another part was still looking out of the rear window of the taxi at the green hills receding behind the tiled roofs into the morning sunshine ; still standing in the corridor of the train as the flat terrain of southern England slid past and a great weight built up steadily in my chest . |
| 5 | Looking out of the tiny window , she was disappointed . |
| 6 | Thiercelin stood looking out of the french window at the end of the long narrow room that was Fedorov 's library . |
| 7 | In the back a woman was looking out of the open window , her chin propped on the heel of her hand . |
| 8 | Half listening , half occupied with looking out of the open window at a flock of rooks riding in circles on the breeze , Melissa was vaguely aware of a succession of faint bumping noises in the distance , followed by returning footsteps . |