Example sentences of "[be] looking [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had been someone else 's funeral George would have been looking out for the nearest pub . |
| 2 | MORE people are looking in at the local , if figures from West Country brewer Devenish are any guide . |
| 3 | I mean if you , you 're the burglar now and you 're planning to break in a house , and you 're looking around at the different houses and you 're trying to , one of the many things you 're trying to do is to establish whether they 're in or out . |
| 4 | Maybe in forty years time , people will be looking back at the good old days of the Nineties to see which rising stars started their careers playing North-East venues . |
| 5 | They were looking down at the new Japanese car factory , Sakata , which had just opened in Humberside . |
| 6 | Now that circumstances have conspired to make an immediate share issue an unattractive option , Dell Computer Corp is looking around for the best alternative to raise cash to finance its soaraway growth . |
| 7 | The ageing NI team is looking back on the key events of the last decade of the millennium . |
| 8 | She was looking down at the two children , her face animated as she turned the page of the book on her lap . |
| 9 | It must have been an automatic reaction because he was looking down at the motionless figure and shouting , ‘ Harriet ! ’ |
| 10 | In the back a woman was looking out of the open window , her chin propped on the heel of her hand . |