Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for a [noun sg] looking " in BNC.
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| 1 | This done , I stood for a moment looking across at the broch islet . |
| 2 | I stood for a moment looking at the mattress on the bed where a knife had been used to open up the sides . |
| 3 | She paused for a moment looking for the right words . |
| 4 | She stood for a moment looking at them , and saw how their heads were tilted in the listening attitudes of forest creatures , how their ears were pricked , and how their eyes were bright and intelligent . |
| 5 | And as Morse opened his passenger door , he stood for a while looking up at the Pole Star , and asking himself the question he had been asking for the past two hours : was there any way in which Downes could still have been the murderer after all ? |
| 6 | He stood for a minute looking up at it , Kate unspeaking at his side . |
| 7 | We were back in the bedroom then and he stood for a moment looking down at her . |