Example sentences of "looking around [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ A case for galoshes , ’ remarked the Substitute , tossing a cigar end out of the jeep and looking around at the steam rising slowly from the wet earth . |
| 2 | He sat back on his bed , looking around at the confines of the cell . |
| 3 | Through the open door he could see the computer personnel ; some with hands still over their ears , others looking around at the walls and ceiling . |
| 4 | In that state they became ‘ sylvan demons ’ , ‘ either falling into a deep slumber or looking around for a fight . ’ |
| 5 | At the door which led back on to the landing he was looking around for a prop or a wedge to pin it open when he thought of the parcel that he 'd been hugging since the zoo . |
| 6 | He now firmly refutes suggestions that he is unhappy with the Yorkshire set-up and is looking around for a move to another county . |
| 7 | Of course , I 'll have to do an internship first , then a stint as a registrar before I can even think of looking around for a practice of my own . ’ |
| 8 | Mr Gregory could be looking around for a job at the moment . ’ |
| 9 | Cotterell nodded and started looking around for a piece of paper . |
| 10 | Up for re-election in 1952 , he was looking around for a cause that would be electorally popular , and found it in anti-communism . |
| 11 | Could she really have been reading that ? he wondered , looking around for the novel stuffed behind a cushion . |
| 12 | For many people it is a matter of looking around for the car they want and then frantically trying to arrange the finance , whilst the ‘ offer ’ still holds . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , that 's a good start ! ’ she thought , looking around in the hope that someone had witnessed so successful a landing , but of course they had n't . |