Example sentences of "are looking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are looking across the carriage from the right hand doorway ; the interior surface of the open door is at the right , and in the centre are the front windows . |
| 2 | And I often say that young ladies who are looking over their shoulder like this , you 've got ta be careful of the neck because when they turn round and look over their shoulder you get creases in the neck , and there is a slight crease in the neck there but most of it has been disguised by covering it with her hair , so look out for that when you have a young lady , or anybody , looking over their shoulder , particularly with young ladies , when they look over their shoulder like that it does cause creases in the side of the neck which can be unsightly . |
| 3 | Somebody er to whom the erm er er matters could be referred er whom er could remove trustees er who are er not acting in er the best interests er of the fund erm to whom er I understand that the erm beneficiaries could er appeal if they felt that their fund was being erm used i in the wrong way which is something that we have n't got at the moment erm I mean just going very , very briefly back to the question that you asked erm about this how would you stop what 's happen happening is by having , we would have thought a pensioner trustee , because even the question has been asked how did it get through the union trustees and the answer is that most of them are employed , and they are looking over their shoulder because jobs are going and redundancies are being made . |
| 4 | Erm I mean just going very , very briefly back to the question that you asked erm about this how would you stop what 's happen happening is by having , we would have thought a pensioner trustee , because even the question has been asked how did it get through the union trustees , and the answer that most of them are employed and they are looking over their shoulder because jobs are going , redundancies are being made , you 've got a pensioner employee er a pensioner trustee on there , and they 're not looking over their shoulder for their job , they are going to do the job of a trustee and watch the fund and they would then be able to go to the regulator if they saw something that was amiss , but if somebody is employed by the firm might be very worried about doing because they 're more bothered about keeping their job . |
| 5 | A sort of heat haze , as opposed to the intense burning sensation of the stripe paintings , emerges as if we are looking through a veil or over a great distance at flat lands . |
| 6 | They are looking through the directory board in the foyer of the RCA building , reading aloud to each other all the names of firms they find ridiculous ( ‘ How about this ? |
| 7 | ‘ I 've denounced facts which are there for all to see in the RAI accounts , and the public prosecutors are looking into some of them . |
| 8 | And they are looking into an incident last month when Daum angrily kicked in an advertising board . |
| 9 | ‘ Because the murders were committed so close together we are looking into possible links between the two . ’ |
| 10 | But they are looking into olive groves . |
| 11 | In exactly the same way , too many people are looking into the mind of the homosexual rather than considering the repugnance that is caused to millions of decent people all over the country … . |
| 12 | We are looking into a fog . |
| 13 | ‘ We are looking into all the possibilities . ’ |
| 14 | At the moment , consultants are looking into the matter in detail , and their report will be put before the Broadcasting Committee for its consideration . |
| 15 | You say the police are looking into this already ? ’ |
| 16 | From here you are looking into the rear windows of Whitehall . |
| 17 | Nothing particularly wrong with that but that does show where they are coming from when they are looking into being with as I call it the so called traffic problems of St Albans . |
| 18 | The cause of the fire is n't yet known , but fire investigators are looking into the possibility that it may have been started deliberately . |
| 19 | The cause of the fire is n't yet known , but fire investigators are looking into the possibility that it may have been started deliberately . |
| 20 | Widnes are looking into a plan in which last season 's best player , Richard Eyres , will play in Canberra this summer . |
| 21 | Supt Peter Coleman said : ‘ We are looking into the matter and will take action if it proves necessary . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We are looking into the matter and someone will contact Mrs Marron personally . ’ |
| 23 | A Darlington police spokesman said : ‘ We are aware of the latest incident at Mrs Earley 's house and are looking into the situation . ’ |
| 24 | Trading standards officers are looking into the matter following complaints . |
| 25 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 26 | Ian White says he 's not surprised that his colleagues are looking into the matter . |
| 27 | We are looking as schemes which will directly benefit out members . |
| 28 | ‘ There has n't been a white champion for such a long time and I think a lot of people are looking toward that and want to see a white champion . ’ |
| 29 | Just as on the domestic front , firms are exploring new ways towards greater efficiency and profitability , so too larger firms are looking beyond the frontiers of the UK to the opportunities which present themselves overseas . |
| 30 | Your bones , your eyes , your hair , your teeth are all going to be scrutinised by a panel of judges who are looking for your all-round potential , not just an impressive academic display . |