Example sentences of "[pron] was looking at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was looking at the scalectrix . |
| 2 | I was I was looking at the syllabus last night and I was working out how much we 've got to do yet and where we are an and I really do feel confident that no matter where you are in your course work situation , that if w if we planned the thing right and we sort it out between now and the summer , tha that we could well get a good few Grade A's in here and obviously work it well . |
| 3 | Yeah I was looking at the petrol driven ones . |
| 4 | ‘ I was looking at the sky . ’ |
| 5 | We went to this very flash restaurant and I was really nervous , you know the feeling — anyway blood was rushing , and I was looking at the menu — my French is pretty good — and I thought I 'd fancy a pork cutlet . |
| 6 | And I was looking at the drills , and |
| 7 | And I thought blimey , he 's a mongol , you know , when you 're looking at them , and then I was looking at the nurses and waiting for everyone to say something , and nobody said nothing . |
| 8 | As you know it , this is the last I 'm sure everyone 's aware it 's the last item on your agenda when I was looking at the agenda this item was before the fox hunting motion I thought well it 'd be nice to have a debate before the fox hunting motion because we would have er a full house of people who I 'm sure would be very interested to hear the discussion on V A T. As matter of fact I 'm sure they would w w would welcome the opportunity to have a de , a discussion , but it seems they have gone and I got , I got it wrong Chairman when you by taking the the the fox hunting motion it should really have , have held on till this time in the evening . |
| 9 | Erm I was n't quite certain of the wife 's P H I there was something about twelve months and she was getting a hundred and thirty pounds er I , I lost it because I was looking at the clock at the same , I must confess but erm |
| 10 | ‘ I was looking at the garden , ’ she said , drawing in a sharp breath , adding to herself , and dreaming of escape . |
| 11 | I was looking at the garden as I came in , I thought I might have , even though I did n't know the number |
| 12 | that 's right , well the thing is these are , I was looking at the power today I , er not read it properly in the past , there only four rounds , these have got to be A , if you want both A and B on |
| 13 | These birds come from America , so they are difficult to get hold of and I had the added problem that I was looking at the end of the breeding season . |
| 14 | especially I was looking at the C G A monitor all night , |
| 15 | I was just checking here in from the book by and I was looking at the chapter here on Roses Rivetus and er and it was on the mission to Munster here that er Third Combat Mission once a day for three days ' running was to Munster it was this ill-fated mission that made the reputation as the bloody Hundredth and of course this is the one that he only came back from . |
| 16 | So I was looking at the slide sitting on the strings , and looking at the major third on the fretboard , and then I said , ‘ If only I could get this note here . ’ |
| 17 | taken off it , cos I was looking at the length of it when we were in France |
| 18 | And when I showed him a list of names I had collected ( why , I do not know , I had some notion of an appeal or inquiry ) , he read : ‘ Lynch , Connally , Egan , Kelly … etc. ’ and then he looked at me and added , ‘ I was looking at the lists of those who died in the recent great victories of general Gough at Aliwal and Sobraon in India . |
| 19 | I was looking at the vectors on either side of him to see if he had any friends and when I came back he was gone . ’ |
| 20 | Nobody was looking at the thicket at the moment the wounded cow broke cover . |
| 21 | But when Woodruffe took Woolley in to see it , nobody was looking at the trench-systems . |
| 22 | Succeeding flights opened up to her view and then she was looking at the lobby . |
| 23 | She was looking at the maids carrying plates of singed meat to the young people and a servant who was bringing a tray full of raw steaks and sausages out from the house . |
| 24 | She was looking at the gentleman , and he was looking at her now and as he inclined his head he said , ‘ Thank you for your service . ’ |
| 25 | Rory worked out she was looking at the door he was crouched behind . |
| 26 | Her face brightened , she was looking at the door . |
| 27 | Oh , dear me ! ’ — she was looking at the casserole dish — ‘ stewed mutton and dumplings . |
| 28 | During the few moments in which she paused in her ascent to the church she reflected that now she was looking at the view the other way round ; now she was in one of the overcrowded little alleys visible from San Martino as merely a crack in a vast expanse of roof tiles and crumbling masonry and noticeable from that lofty vantage point because of the fluttering of the washing hung out on poles over the street to dry . |
| 29 | Harriet glanced at Meredith and saw that she was looking at the picture . |
| 30 | While she was looking at the pictures , Griselda , Anna 's mother 's cat , came in and jumped on to the cat woman 's lap . |