Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] looking [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's worth taking the assumption by the scruff of the neck and shaking it till it falls apart , otherwise there will be no fundamental lasting change in relationships , the school will remain inward looking with no real growth in active listening and responding . |
| 2 | We visited the Legion 's museum the following day and wandered round looking at the different flags of the units which had fought all over the world for 150 years . |
| 3 | Well , I was wandering around looking for a rococo palace … ’ |
| 4 | Wandering around looking at the different displays , she experienced a strange sensation of being drawn towards something . |
| 5 | There is indeed a suggestive correlation between the mode of fertilization and the sex that ends up looking after the young . |
| 6 | Nayim now forward to Paul Stewart , sorry to Paul Allen , Allen lays it wide now to Fenwick , Fenwick to Gascoigne , Gascoigne cuts inside , this is where he 's his most dangerous , Gascoigne going forward looking for the one two to Walsh , to Gascoigne , Gascoigne 's on his way through , Gascoigne shoots — tremendous tackle — oh what a goal by Paul Gascoigne . |
| 7 | In this case , the researcher decides how many of each category of person should be included in the sample , but then , instead of selecting them at random from a sampling frame , the researcher goes out looking for the right number of people in each category until the quota is filled . |
| 8 | So it was agreed that while Mrs MacDonagh would go on looking after the two youngest Milligans during the day , Dermot , Fergal and Mike , the eldest brothers , would take over as soon as they were back from school . |
| 9 | He went on looking at the disgusting bits . |
| 10 | In Switzerland the gynaecologist would not let you put on too much weight because he was concerned that you 'd end up looking like an old cow and |
| 11 | Sometimes that means not looking for the obvious , adds Mr Pilkington , who is also a real ale connoisseur and member of CAMRA . |
| 12 | And all that let me tell you after Pisa looked so dangerous in the first eight minutes , clearly they 'd come out looking for the early goal themselves , and who was badly fouled by in the early stages and needed attention , he 's the number eight , and the number eleven , who looks as quick as any player I 've seen in ages and ages , they are the two danger men and they will need some marking . |
| 13 | The last thing she needed tonight was Victoria swanning around looking like a juvenile femme fatale . |
| 14 | ‘ Why are you standing there looking like a startled deer ? |
| 15 | Do I start tomorrow looking for a new paper , because the Echo ca n't be doing with a man who lacks the bloody human touch ? |
| 16 | It was not enough that Phoebe should turn up looking like a manual worker — ( 'But , for God 's sake , Maggie , I am a manual worker' ) — and wearing a button on her overalls which said ‘ This facility is under threat from rate-capping , ’ which made boys on buses make obscene jokes ; she also had to take on the maths teacher . |
| 17 | As an engineer , with a craftsperson 's interest in machines , he could not believe that they were the real villains of the piece and he set about looking for the deeper fault underlying their applications . |
| 18 | He did n't ring the bell so we just stood there looking at the massive door . |