Example sentences of "[vb past] to be looking " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pretended to be looking at some papers when the door opened and Grace Hinkle ushered in a sophisticated-looking female of about twenty-eight . |
| 2 | I took down the battered , broken-spined A-Z I keep taped to the driver 's sun visor and pretended to be looking something up . |
| 3 | No before we came to be looking down here . |
| 4 | Things seemed to be looking up at last , ’ she says . |
| 5 | The Great Spirit … seemed to be looking some other way , and did not see what was being done to my people . |
| 6 | You never thought of O as someone who was with people or who went home with people , and he never seemed to be looking round for someone all the time , which is how most of us must have appeared . |
| 7 | The shape seemed to be looking through a book , although what the book was Henry could not tell . |
| 8 | Mick still seemed to be looking for an excuse to return home , so I chose not to make an issue of the blunder . |
| 9 | Each one must have held memories of her father , but she seemed to be looking for something special . |
| 10 | When she signed her first big contract , Marilyn reputedly said , ‘ That 's the last cock I 'll have to suck ’ , though at the same time she seemed to be looking around for greater conquests . |
| 11 | True , he was quite relaxed and , as always , full of bonhomie , but somehow he seemed to be looking with far greater intensity towards the past than the present . |
| 12 | He seemed to be looking at a picture only he could see . |
| 13 | She was forty-six : her face was unlined , her hair still golden without grey in it , her body trim , very trim , yet he seemed to be looking at an old woman . |
| 14 | What increased his anger ( which the chemistry of his soul swiftly transmuted into love for the Collector ) was the fact that no able-bodied person seemed to be looking in his direction . |
| 15 | Martyn Goff could not help noticing that most of Minton 's young men tended to play listening , attendant roles ; they seemed to be looking uneasily over their shoulders as if aware that they did not really belong . |
| 16 | The eagle was clinging with his talons to the wall of the old female 's cage and seemed to be looking into it as if to work out where she had gone . |
| 17 | The shape outside had stopped , and seemed to be looking for something . |
| 18 | One of the seneschal 's two right pupils seemed to be looking at him . |
| 19 | Quiss narrowed his eyes at the pupil which seemed to be looking at him . |
| 20 | He looked puzzled , and seemed to be looking beyond Lesley-Jane into the wings . |
| 21 | ‘ But you seemed to be looking forward to the break , so I decided not to disappoint you . ’ |
| 22 | This may reflect a difference in emphasis in that parents seemed to be looking for information about their child 's overall character and behaviour ( eg ‘ good at sharing toys ’ ) whereas staff seemed to report specific good behaviour ( eg ‘ She 's done a lovely painting this morning ’ or ‘ He ate his dinner up nicely today ’ ) . |
| 23 | It seemed to be looking for something . |
| 24 | He seemed to be looking into space . |
| 25 | He seemed to be looking for something . |
| 26 | No one seemed to be looking for it . |
| 27 | But he was not looking down at her , his gaze was remote ; he seemed to be looking through the window into the darkness of the garden . |
| 28 | She began to relax a little as she neared the department where she worked , then realised that any vague notion that she might slip into her office without anyone noticing was a non-starter — everybody seemed to be looking at her ! |
| 29 | He opened the back of the watch case , and Bathsheba , who happened to be looking , saw that there was a curl of hair hidden inside . |
| 30 | We were able to help him … we can see their house from our bedroom and we just happened to be looking out of the window at the time , do n't you know . ’ |