Example sentences of "[vb past] looking at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reading was difficult for me , especially when it involved looking at the chalkboard , and I soon found myself being classed as ‘ thick ’ . |
| 2 | I avoided looking at the headless pigeon in the gutter . |
| 3 | I avoided looking at the thermometer . |
| 4 | ‘ I never ate looking at the back of somebody 's head before , ’ Goldie muses . |
| 5 | Charged with the setting up of a central UK single professional register of nurses , midwives and health visitors , and mindful of its responsibilities for enhancing professional standards , the UKCC first began looking at the issue of mandatory refreshment for nurses and health visitors while still a shadow body in 1982 . |
| 6 | Only it was so hard to do that , especially when she began looking at the sketches she had made at Kenilworth . |
| 7 | Mummy anyway , you know that you enjoyed looking at The Bounty ? |
| 8 | Because you know they came up , they were full of the joys of spring , looking around , chatting to their friends and then they r started looking at the stepping stone . |
| 9 | Standard started looking at the possibilities of EAP back in 1990 when the financial industry was going through a period of great change . |
| 10 | Jenna lay looking at the sky , breathing in the smell of the grass and smiling to herself . |
| 11 | She kept looking at the wallscreen with distrust . |
| 12 | Instead , he just kept looking at the American ambassador with what Sullivan describes as 'soulful eyes " . |
| 13 | " Do n't be sorry , " he said , " I quite enjoyed it , " She looked up briefly then , smiling uncertainly , as though she did n't believe him , He licked his lips , moved forward , put one hand out and touched hers where it gripped the glass , She kept looking at the empty glass avoiding his face . |
| 14 | She kept looking at the telephone beside her bed , willing it to ring , dithering . |
| 15 | ‘ They put elderflowers in it , ’ I said looking at the label . |
| 16 | ‘ Life has changed , Shama , ’ I said looking at the Japanese thermos on the chair by my bed and the round box of Danish biscuits which I had been given ‘ in case you are hungry in the night ’ . |
| 17 | " Your bruise does n't look so good , " Sara said looking at the dark swelling on his cheek bone . |
| 18 | This entailed looking at the flag in the distance and then judging the yardage in between before deciding on the club . |
| 19 | The use of the layby , however , gave concern and councillors suggested looking at the possibility of filling in the laybys along Trinity Hill to prevent further incidents . |
| 20 | Mary Rose was happy for him and when he suggested looking at the house with its quaint-sounding name , she was enthusiastic . |
| 21 | Marjorie went over too and stood looking at the baby . |
| 22 | He did n't look at me , he stood looking at the doors . |
| 23 | Dad stood looking at the flat in disgust . |
| 24 | By the garden gate of Four Winds she stood looking at the house for several minutes in silence before they got back into the car and she told him how to get to the Inn on the Point . |
| 25 | The following morning , Jim was free and the two men stood looking at the bones . |
| 26 | He turned left when they had passed the hotels , parked the car in the space reserved for vehicles and they climbed out , stretched , stood looking at the view . |
| 27 | Jasper stood looking at the bell rope which came out of a small square aperture at what was the base of the campanile . |
| 28 | When she came in she stood looking at the figure stretched out on the floor . |
| 29 | Molly stood looking at the lapping water with Ken Corduroy , expert on garden pools and pergolas , who had arrived quite unexpectedly in his Volvo estate . |
| 30 | When she heard Matthew 's name , Miss Havisham stopped walking and stood looking at the speaker , who suddenly became silent . |