Example sentences of "he was look [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was looking to the north , away from the river . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He was looking towards the door . |
| 4 | He thought it might be some time before he was looking for a love-nest again with her . |
| 5 | The wild bohemianism of the life at Kisling 's was stimulating and hectic but a drain on Modigliani 's limited energy and he was looking for a change in his life . |
| 6 | Later , after Mother died , we heard he was looking for a sponsor and planning another solitary voyage . |
| 7 | The most interesting binocular object is M15 , a globular cluster not far below naked-eye visibility ; it was discovered by Maraldi in 1746 , while he was looking for a comet . |
| 8 | Perhaps he was looking for a drink by the time he had climbed as far as the Piazza where three renaissance palaces , a town hall and cathedral confront each other across an open space of such lively dignity and harmony as to make the lack of tourist cafes completely forgivable . |
| 9 | A FEW weeks ago TeleClub featured Kristian Schmid ( Todd in ‘ Neighbours ’ ) and how he was looking for a boy or girl from Northern Ireland to join his Steel Can Recycling Board . |
| 10 | Ken had been at the auditions that Michael Codron organized , when he was looking for a feed for Williams . |
| 11 | He was looking for a gap in the net which enclosed him and his men . |
| 12 | Yeah that he just , he asked Gary this morning if he was looking for a job |
| 13 | It was a brief letter from an address in Chelsea , telling him that the writer had heard he was looking for a sibling , affirming that the writer of the letter was probably that person , and suggesting a meeting . |
| 14 | Sutton pleaded his innocence and said : ‘ I think he was looking for the dive . |
| 15 | He was looking for the bowl of eggs he had seen earlier . |
| 16 | Pascoe thought about it ; he was looking for the clue he knew he must have missed . |
| 17 | He was looking for the Douglas . |
| 18 | ‘ He was looking for the environment he knew … straight hair , no sunglasses , a good grey suit , collar and tie . ’ |
| 19 | Although he did n't say so , Lyn knew he was looking for the marks of Peach 's claws . |
| 20 | I told him he was looking for the mother he 'd never had , but of course he would n't listen . |
| 21 | I met the promoter at a party and he was looking for an opening act and I said that I had this dance band which would be a perfect opener for Gary Glitter and he took us on . |
| 22 | Chairman Murray had said he was looking for an apology from Crosby over rumours linking the Sunderland boss in a reunion with former manager Denis Smith at Bristol City . |
| 23 | He was a relatively wealthy man ; his annual income , from both his publishing salary and his royalties , was approximately £4,000 , and in the early months of this year his income from the New York production of The Cocktail Party was estimated at about £570 per week : this was no doubt why , in June , he was looking for an accountant . |
| 24 | Last week employment secretary Michael Howard announced he was looking at a range of measures to boost tourism in Britain currently worth £25bn a year . |
| 25 | Athelstan felt he was looking at a man already under the shadow of Death 's soft , black wing . |
| 26 | Now he was looking at a building , possibly a house . |
| 27 | Maybe he was looking at a book that told you things like that . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | 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 . |