Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] looking [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The membrane broke open and he found himself looking at a little horse 's head lying upon a pair of stretched out forelegs , a perfect little head with shell-like curling nostrils and a narrow white blaze , and wet , flattened-down ears . |
| 2 | Delaney found himself looking at a cargo vessel with a very high superstructure three-quarters aft . |
| 3 | Peter opened one at random and found himself looking at a photograph of Kate . |
| 4 | As he handed the child to his mother , the little mouth opened in a yawn and George found himself looking into a pair of slate blue eyes . |
| 5 | Sources say its looking for a decision by Spring . |
| 6 | Leaning away slightly as Ibn Fayoud enveloped her in his gowns and aftershave , Kelly found herself looking at a smiling Annie . |
| 7 | When her lashes lifted she found herself looking at a name . |
| 8 | Drawing it out , she found herself looking at a face which was striking both for its good looks and its expression of surprise . |
| 9 | ‘ Let me take that , ’ said a male voice and turning she found herself looking into a pair of startlingly blue eyes . |
| 10 | Beryl caught him looking at a painting hanging above the mantelpiece , a portrait of a middle-aged woman of exceptional beauty . |
| 11 | And squeamishness prevented me looking for a tiny insect to place on a sticky dewdrop leaf . |
| 12 | A scan at the hospital reveals something looking like a mango seen through the wrong end of a very dirty telescope in a thick fog with rain approaching . |
| 13 | Typically , Simple Men hardly strains itself looking for an audience . |
| 14 | When Novella — whose name so aptly means new — discloses herself , we find her looking into a mirror where she is refracted and multiplied , clustered and polymorphous , beheld and beholding in infinite variety . |
| 15 | He wore the flying helmet he had affected on the morning of his arrival and those goggles which , when removed , had left him looking like a barn owl , white-ringed eyes blinking in a smut-flecked face . |
| 16 | She had n't simply evaded him ; she 'd evaded him each time with an ease that had left him looking like a fool . |
| 17 | The financial community was also shocked by a recent photograph showing him looking like a down and out with flowing locks and a long white beard and wearing dirty jeans and trainers . |
| 18 | Thus the lack of balance which strikes anyone looking at a thoroughly drained , treeless landscape is reflected in a lack of honest balancing in the books and ledgers which lie behind that landscape . |
| 19 | For if we suppose this we shall fall into an infinite regress ; we shall find ourselves looking for a further interpretation . |
| 20 | Should the entry qualification be to do with difficult behaviour rather than severity , or is required level of care the most important factor ? iii Low expectations and reduced social stimulation from other residents may lead to impaired performance in dementia , hastening the decline iv Segregated units may become stigmatized , and be unattractive to prospective residents and relatives v Staff recruitment may be more difficult , and staff turnover may be higher vi A unit may find itself looking after an increasingly disabled group In response to the increasing numbers of dementia sufferers in every type of service for the elderly , we saw five different ways of dealing with the integration/segregation issue . |
| 21 | She tried to picture him looking like a French version of Cobalt , for whom she felt no physical attraction at all , and then she tried to calculate whether , in that guise , he was not a more likely murderer . |