Example sentences of "he [was/were] look [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Russell 's eyes followed her every move as if he were looking through the sight of a gun . |
| 2 | He was looking to the north , away from the river . |
| 3 | I felt Niki was trying to be as much an elder statesman as a driver and though to say he was perfunctory in his driving would be an exaggeration , it was clear that he was looking to the future , and the development of the new engine , rather than to the present . |
| 4 | He was looking towards the door . |
| 5 | Sutton pleaded his innocence and said : ‘ I think he was looking for the dive . |
| 6 | He was looking for the bowl of eggs he had seen earlier . |
| 7 | Pascoe thought about it ; he was looking for the clue he knew he must have missed . |
| 8 | He was looking for the Douglas . |
| 9 | ‘ He was looking for the environment he knew … straight hair , no sunglasses , a good grey suit , collar and tie . ’ |
| 10 | Although he did n't say so , Lyn knew he was looking for the marks of Peach 's claws . |
| 11 | I told him he was looking for the mother he 'd never had , but of course he would n't listen . |
| 12 | And then his mind cleared , and he was looking at the Robemaker and feeling contempt for him again , feeling as well , the dangerous , powerful white spears of the Stroicim Inchinn withdraw , so that he knew the Robemaker had again called up the Stroicim without giving any outward indication of having done so . |
| 13 | And then he told me a hilarious story about the way in which the chairman of the committee , I 'm not sure quite what particular branch in the world he 'd come from but he was looking at the figures , I suppose it was an accountant looking at the , the figures saying now why is it that the amount spent on district nurses has gone up ? |
| 14 | The whole of the way through that he was looking at the person he was trying to im not staring at them , but good eye contact , so if you 're trying to influence somebody there 's no point in looking somewhere else . |
| 15 | Harald did not speak , but he was looking at the girl , very carefully . |
| 16 | Flushing , Rachel looked at Damian , expecting to see mockery , but he was looking at the bay , his tough profile expressionless . |
| 17 | I came out of church one day , to do some visiting , from the over sixties , and there was a boy with a a great chunk of rock in his hand , and he was looking at the window . |
| 18 | I thought he was looking at the station as if , to see if a train was in or something |
| 19 | He was looking at the man , screaming without being heard , blood coming from between his fingers , when Paul himself was attacked by something thin and cold and slippery that whipped round his neck and stayed there , tugging , as if it wanted to pull his head off . |
| 20 | Even when he was looking at the ones like the Carmen at Ivinghoe ) that I think are my best ( or did then ) . |
| 21 | He was looking at the board at the end of Philip 's bed that had his swimming certificates pinned to it . |
| 22 | He was looking at the scar that ran from her hip almost to her knee . |
| 23 | Ruth knew he was looking at the glint of Caer Wydyr , which even at this range was difficult to focus on ; like something seen in the corner of the eye , it seemed to disappear when you turned to look . |
| 24 | When she woke , he was looking at the fire and reading P. G. Wodehouse . |
| 25 | Curtis found it hard to believe that he was looking at the killer of at least twenty people . |
| 26 | He was looking at the Thing rising out of the pit . |
| 27 | He was looking at the bin but she did n't know whether he had seen her or not . |
| 28 | ‘ He was looking at the marks of a ladder just under her window . |
| 29 | In AD 685 St Cuthbert perambulated ‘ illis murum civitatis ’ and also saw a fountain working , implying that there was still a functioning aqueduct ; whether he was looking at the walls of a genuine town or of a fort is arguable . |
| 30 | He was looking at the label . |