Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] been looking " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result will be disappointing , not only for you but also for the bride who has been looking forward to keeping her flowers for ever . |
| 2 | GEORGE Blackett , who has been looking after the safety of council workers and buildings in Middlesbrough since 1974 , is retiring through ill health . |
| 3 | George Blackett , who has been looking after the safety of council workers and buildings in Middlesbrough since 1974 , is retiring through ill health . |
| 4 | She sat back , munching , face red but eyes twinkling , and with those eyes indicated the two women who 'd been looking at us ; then she raised one finger and pointed first at me , then at her . |
| 5 | The man , who said his name was Dave , told detectives about a friend who 'd been looking for Carol shortly before she died . |
| 6 | Arms salesman ; okay the Avenger the Equaliser the Total Fucking Nutter went for the legs too but still , and the editor spiked , and the rapist-lenient judge raped and the pornographer poisoned and stroked and the man who was so callous about the bloodshed in the Iran/Iraq war forced to watch his penned animals die like cattle like soldiers like cattle and then bled to death in his own private fountains of blood and the businessman who put profits before safety and not only helped kill a thousand people but then tried to get out of paying the survivors and dependants any compensation gets his own gas explosion — blevey is the technical term apparently — and fuck me whoever he is ( assuming he is a he ) , he 's got a sense of humour or at least irony why he 's produced what 's almost a snuff video effectively a snuff video if you mean brain-death anyway it 's the closest anyone will admit to ever having seen or found one even the Obscene Pubs Squad who 've been looking for years but although everybody assumes they exist nobody 's ever seen one until old gorilla man comes along and just makes his own , specifically to warn off any other porn merchants thinking of dealing in snuff ! |
| 7 | At the big house I met the Officer who had been looking for me earlier on . |
| 8 | He had exactly eight minutes to hear a report back from business leaders who had been looking at inner-city schools . |
| 9 | Delaney turned aside , and was about to ask Forster if he 'd found the cargo manifest , when Nell , who had been looking over his shoulder , spoke . |
| 10 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
| 11 | Robin-Anne , who had been looking very apprehensive , seemed to go aboard Wavebreaker rather unwillingly . |
| 12 | The nurse who had been looking after Julie escorted her to theatre and stayed with her until she had been introduced to the theatre nurse . |
| 13 | A woman who had been looking at the screen turned to him and said , " I saw one , round at my daughter 's . |
| 14 | Oisin had drawn breath to respond to this , when Eogan , who had been looking towards the forest , suddenly said , ‘ What 's that ? ’ |
| 15 | Michael , who had been looking forward to his 21st birthday next month , has recently been taken off a life support machine . |
| 16 | Michael , who had been looking forward to his 21st birthday celebration next month and planned to become engaged later this year , was attacked . |
| 17 | Not a classic illustration of the thesis of Aggleton and colleagues , who have been looking at the lifespans of cricketers and report a two-year gap in favour of right-handers , much of it ascribable to fewer deaths in accidents or in war . |
| 18 | They are the couple who have been looking after the twins , and it was they who first contacted my mother earlier this morning . |
| 19 | Here we are we have children who are paralysed , who have been looking after themselves while others have died . |
| 20 | St. Jennifer , Big Sister , Robin Hood of the workers — Who 's been looking after Mummy , d' you imagine ? ’ |
| 21 | And are there people in class four at Stronsay school who 's been looking at some of the legends . |
| 22 | ‘ There is a man next door who 's been looking for a job at least five years . |