Example sentences of "[prep] [be] looking [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it 'd look like that might of been looking in the markets and that |
| 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 | You are likely to be looking for the relation between the variable part of the text ( called the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE because you are manipulating it by making changes ) and the variation in the response of the reader ( called the DEPENDENT VARIABLE , because it depends on the variation , or changes , made to the text ) . |
| 4 | Regions ought to be looking to the future and planning the replacement of major mental illness hospitals . |
| 5 | It was ten seconds or so before I realized I was supposed to be looking at the inside of the wooden door . |
| 6 | We 're going to be looking at the contrast between that and places like Rye , which did have a chartered corporation , and we 're going to be looking at sort of trade , at the effects of epidemics on the town , erm and so on . |
| 7 | You were supposed to be looking at the clothes , ’ Paula said artlessly . |
| 8 | Try to be looking at the child when you make your request . |
| 9 | We are only fifty million people in this country and if you 're going to run a decent-size business at all , you need to be looking at the horizon . |
| 10 | She did n't seem to be looking at the album , at least not any more ; she did n't seem to have made a start at getting ready , either . |
| 11 | Right , let's move on to the last session , where we 're going to be looking at the rate books . |
| 12 | pretending to be looking at the waterlilies |
| 13 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |
| 14 | They 're the ones supposed to be looking after the kids in the day-time , they should bloody well make sure there are n't any funny characters hanging around outside |
| 15 | Does your husband accept that perhaps he ought to be looking after the baby alternate weeks , or is that not a solution to the problem ? |