Example sentences of "be looking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shape seemed to be looking through a book , although what the book was Henry could not tell . |
| 2 | But he was not looking down at her , his gaze was remote ; he seemed to be looking through the window into the darkness of the garden . |
| 3 | ‘ We will be looking over the next few months to see what longer term solution can be devised . ’ |
| 4 | The judges will of course be looking for turning ability , but the most important factor is that children — or adults — will find the toy a joy . |
| 5 | You may be looking for light domestic help one or two hours per week , or 24-hour a day care . |
| 6 | Dogs must be seven years old or over and we 'll be looking for good health and condition as well as stunning good looks . |
| 7 | The child handler competition is open to anyone under 16 and the judges will be looking for a good rapport between kids and dogs . |
| 8 | However , new academic journals are regularly launched , devoted to one or other of the many specialisms into which English is fragmenting , and in their earlier issues , at least , are likely to be looking for contributions . |
| 9 | We should be looking for a market-based solution to our problems , not snooping in people 's backyards to check out what kind of barbecue they are using . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ What I will be looking for is a commitment that spending ( on the NHS ) will be a priority and that the money is there , ’ he said . |
| 11 | This year management will also be looking for concessions on working practices . |
| 12 | In the nervous nineties , when the Me generation has grown into the Us generation , we will be looking for Our Shop rather than just an emporium where they stock personal stereos by the thousand . |
| 13 | There are , however , some men who assume that a single mother must be looking for a husband . |
| 14 | But voters in the rest of Eastern Europe too may well be looking for prosperity first from right-wing parties . |
| 15 | — They 'll be looking for fingerprints I suppose : threads from his coat and that . ’ |
| 16 | I hovered over the sideboard pretending to be looking for cutlery and strained my ears to catch the conversation . |
| 17 | The Jockey Club says that it will be looking for a successor to Smiles , but while this search is going on his place will be taken by Tony Goodhew , the present Director of Field Services . |
| 18 | England Under-15s will be looking for better finishing when they play Northern Ireland in a Victory Shield international at the Goldstone Ground , Brighton , tonight , writes John Price . |
| 19 | Tory MPs and the City will be looking for an early cut in interest rates to stimulate recovery . |
| 20 | We should always be looking for opportunities to celebrate success . |
| 21 | There will also be parents who are dissatisfied with the school which their children currently attend and will be looking for an alternative . |
| 22 | So we might be looking for an ornamental dagger , then ? ’ |
| 23 | I would be looking for someone like the Beresfords ' youngest daughter — innocence , childlike freshness and beauty . ’ |
| 24 | It polled comfortably more than 50% in a number of areas where it will be looking for parliamentary gains at the next general election . |
| 25 | The main offenders here are non-indigenous natives who have cleared areas ad acres of the best soil , farming it very poorly and working it as though it were a private farm … there is no rotation of crops and no manure applied which means he will soon be looking for another 100 acres of good soil to ruin . |
| 26 | We will be looking for the team that shows most strength in depth , across a range of ages , and both sexes . |
| 27 | The press will be looking for a strong statement of your own point of view , but you must not present a wholly one-sided picture . |
| 28 | This may be of advantage to the developer too , attracting passers-by , even though they may initially be looking for a short cut . |
| 29 | Commonly he will be looking for evidence of thrush or trichomonal infection , but may also take samples for the other organisms that are found in the vagina from time to time . |
| 30 | They 'll be looking for old folk on their own . ’ |