Example sentences of "[pron] [be] looking out " in BNC.
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| 1 | The success — I am looking out of the window at the thickly carpeted mountainside — comes from the knowledge of shared weakness , the weakness of both men and women in matters of sex and passion . |
| 2 | See , when I go out , I 'm looking out for me and my mate , I do n't want some researcher in the back who 's just going to be a liability … |
| 3 | I 'm looking out at the moodily lit bathroom and wondering what I would do if I suddenly saw William appear out there , flight bags in hand , a Surprise , honey , I 'm home ! look on his face . |
| 4 | I 'm looking out of the window , putting off the moment when there will be nothing left to find out and all this has to end . |
| 5 | Larry Cummins recollected , ‘ I was looking out of the window while seated at my navigator 's table , and I saw a sizeable hole suddenly appear in the left wing . |
| 6 | One Sunday morning , when I was looking out of the window , I saw Mme Guérigny leave church and walk from the rue de Fleuve along the rue Victorie towards Bluot 's , and return with a box nicely wrapped and tied with gold string . |
| 7 | Well I was looking out the other side cos I was trying to work out where Glynis lived . |
| 8 | Course , I was looking out the window and I know he took I picked it out and it I looked again , there 's another one in there , course she 's only getting out the bath put them in a bowl like I was ! |
| 9 | And I was looking out through the door and you have n't got five minutes longer . |
| 10 | This applies also to the British Council , our arm of cultural diplomacy , which is facing unprecedented demands from the newly liberated countries which are looking out for English language teachers . |
| 11 | Secondly , you are looking out for minor defects which will cost you time and money — plumbing , heating redecoration , bathroom and kitchen fittings , replacement windows , floor finishes , insulation etc . |
| 12 | You need to be very familiar with the text , you ca n't learn it word-for-word for goodness sake , but you certainly are able to identify all the key issues and key aspects of it and that 's what you 're looking out for , so you could re-tell the story again , you can re-tell the story again yourself accurately , identifying all the key points . |
| 13 | Should never reverse unless you 're looking out that back window ! |
| 14 | And we talk about standard light bulbs — the idea here is that take a terrestrial example again , suppose you 're looking out at night and you see a light approaching you , if it 's a cyclist with a very faint light then you 'll not see him until he 's quite close . |
| 15 | Most of the violence happens in long shot , just like you were looking out your window or down the street . ’ |
| 16 | Is it the criminal who tortures the cop , who 's looking out for his own , or is it the undercover copy , who 's selling them all out ? |
| 17 | The complete context picture depicted a young man standing in the street serenading his girlfriend who is looking out of the window at the top of a tall block of flats . |
| 18 | Grace 's mother was in the room now , and she was looking out of the window with her husband and daughter . |
| 19 | She 'd reclined the seat again but she was n't sleeping ; her head was turned aside and she was looking out of the window , not really seeing anything . |
| 20 | She was looking out into the vault of air above the sea . |
| 21 | Knew her immediately , even though her face was turned to the window and she was looking out . |
| 22 | She was looking out of a window towards a view of the park . |
| 23 | I asked the officer who was looking out of the window if there was a curfew . |
| 24 | One day we were at the top of the highest hill on the island , and we were looking out to sea . |
| 25 | And we did n't know we could see her and we were looking out the window going and he was there looking , put his sunglasses on to see . |
| 26 | For this reason , an all-round practice gives better training than a specialised one — but it may be well worth taking articles in a specialised firm if you are assured that they are looking out for a bright young man/woman like you to be a partner . |
| 27 | and like they run down the stairs and run back up the stairs , yeah , and they 're looking out the window out the window and they go why the bloody hell are you always just looking out of windows and he 's going do it your way and I 'll do it mine . |
| 28 | Vangmoor came up on the screen as if they were looking out of the window , but Vangmoor in summer without the wind and with leaves on the trees . |
| 29 | Well at least it was nice that they were looking out and |
| 30 | so they 're trying to corner it and it 's munching on grass quite happily , you could see it was watching a minute , but it was watching them away and I think er any minute it 's looking out the corner of its eye and then it 's just gon na go when he sees it getting closer . |