Example sentences of "he be 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 is looking into the possibility of grant aid and members will be informed when firm progress has been made . |
| 3 | Mr Clinton might say in June that he is renewing MFN until 1994 ; that he is looking at the application of other American laws to areas like weapons proliferation and trade abuses ; and that he is starting some ( as yet murky ) process to ensure that the Chinese are discharging their obligations under human-rights treaties . |
| 4 | He is looking at the flowers , but he keeps turning towards the house . |
| 5 | Mentally or instinctively he is looking for the pattern and his antennae are an outward expression of that inward instinct . |
| 6 | He 's looking for the remains of a rucksack which caught fire on a shelf in the shop . |
| 7 | And the police engineers go round with his mate and he 's looking at the engine numbers and the chassis numbers and all those bloody numbers inside the car and he 's looking like and er the interviewer said oh and this woman 's in for a shock ! |
| 8 | Oh oh he 's looking at the card , Phil 's go to Gary |
| 9 | He 's looking at the numbers on the houses is n't he ? |
| 10 | He 's looking at the bus . |
| 11 | And waking up about a quarter past ten , go downstairs and make tea and toast takes the paper up , I take Freeman 's catalogue put the , the wireless on and he 's looking through the paper and I 'm looking through Freeman 's catalogue saying |
| 12 | Mr. says he 's looking into the matter . |
| 13 | He 's looking after the UK end and there are worse people to be in partnership with . ’ |
| 14 | He 's looking after the schemes for the leisure office . |
| 15 | He was looking to the north , away from the river . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He was looking towards the door . |
| 18 | Sutton pleaded his innocence and said : ‘ I think he was looking for the dive . |
| 19 | He was looking for the bowl of eggs he had seen earlier . |
| 20 | Pascoe thought about it ; he was looking for the clue he knew he must have missed . |
| 21 | He was looking for the Douglas . |
| 22 | ‘ He was looking for the environment he knew … straight hair , no sunglasses , a good grey suit , collar and tie . ’ |
| 23 | Although he did n't say so , Lyn knew he was looking for the marks of Peach 's claws . |
| 24 | I told him he was looking for the mother he 'd never had , but of course he would n't listen . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Harald did not speak , but he was looking at the girl , very carefully . |
| 29 | Flushing , Rachel looked at Damian , expecting to see mockery , but he was looking at the bay , his tough profile expressionless . |
| 30 | 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 . |