Example sentences of "he [verb] looking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She never knew ’ , said Gran , ‘ that Jake 'd leave him to come looking for her , and ne'er see him grown . |
| 2 | They worked together for six months in project planning and Brown took a teaching job at the Strathclyde Business School which also allowed him to keep looking for hotel sites . |
| 3 | It means I must leave the doors unlocked , but that 's less risk than having him come looking for me within the quarter-hour , as he surely would . ’ |
| 4 | Perhaps she could convince him to stop looking at her that way — though , in her heart , she did not want to stop him . |
| 5 | Watch him wobble onto the dance floor as he goes looking for a decent record collection ( ie no Alice Cooper or Frank Zappa ) in CodeMasters ' happenin' hit … |
| 6 | Bill 's voice gave nothing away but Kelly noticed that he avoided looking at her as he gave them their orders . |
| 7 | He lies looking at the waves touch the land , crying for his cousin . |
| 8 | I think he needs looking at . |
| 9 | We had only really talked to Mr Postman on the regular occasions — Dusshera , Diwali , Christmas , New Year — that he came looking for tips , but were flattered by the invitation and out of curiosity decided to take it up . |
| 10 | Now in one of the most prestigious and historic posts in the country , he includes looking after the Old Bailey among his new responsibilities . |
| 11 | ‘ By the way he avoids looking at you , he easily could be , if you wanted him , ’ said Bénezet , grinning . |
| 12 | At one stage , chief designer Geoff Lawson felt his job was so much at risk that he began looking at houses in the Essex area and making arrangements to move his family . |
| 13 | He began looking in Wardie Bay , a neglected area of coastline on the fringe of the city . |
| 14 | ’ This teacher , he keeps looking at us up and down — it 's really revolting . |
| 15 | As he does so he keeps looking at her with a gentle expression . |
| 16 | Oh he keeps looking at me . |
| 17 | He started looking at some of the nearby pillars and columns , his boots scraping on the glass slabs of the floor as he moved . |
| 18 | The second day he started looking for a house to rent . |
| 19 | He started looking into corners for the bugging device , though he said he was searching for a stray cigarette , left over from the days when he smoked . |
| 20 | He needed looking after . |
| 21 | And if Madame stayed close to him , it can hardly have been because she thought he needed looking after . |
| 22 | He went looking for a gas leak with a lighted match . ’ |
| 23 | Mike , however , had travelled north , leaving his pregnant girlfriend with relatives in the safety of a Harare suburb as he went looking for another war . |
| 24 | Surely she was too thin by far for a man 's taste , yet the one at her side today was a toff and no mistake , and it was obvious he cared about the girl by the way he kept looking at her with concern in his eyes . |
| 25 | That would be a matter of opinion ; he had a newspaper which he kept looking at , and shaking out . |
| 26 | When she talked to him as though he was our father , demanding to know when was he going to mow that lawn , he kept looking at me , appealing to me to do something : but that 's the whole point , Davey boy , I thought , there 's nothing to be done . |
| 27 | Fran tried to inject a dash of disdain into the denial , but it was hard when he kept looking at her mouth that way . |
| 28 | He was given lots of cuddles because he kept looking at us as if to say ‘ What has happened to me ? ’ ‘ |
| 29 | She said , he looked dead worried when he walked away from you , he kept looking at you . |
| 30 | One smart fellow he smell fa Well he kept looking at me did n't he ? |