Example sentences of "[pers pn] be looking at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am looking at a photograph of an adult dunnock , so small in comparison to its monstrous foster-child that it has to perch on its back in order to feed it . |
| 2 | What a queasy period those inter-war years now seem ( I am looking at the chicken curry ) , the old hatreds and prejudices simmering and bubbling nicely with all the dark , irrational fears surfacing in a way that rational people like Cohn-Casson believed had long ago been rendered obsolete by the evolutionary nature of society . |
| 3 | I 'm looking at a farmhouse , some sheep and some hills . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm looking at the partnership agreement now … trm , trm , trm , here we are — death in partnership — well , it dissolves the partnership , course it does , but what happens to the money ? |
| 5 | At first , cos I 'm looking at the baby , I do n't see who the lady is . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm looking at the fire , ’ said Lydia . |
| 7 | Now just to clarify in my mind about , here I 'm looking at the summary of your submission , you actually refer to the fact that sixty three hectares are required to meet the needs of the city , whereas I take it you say this morning that you 're happy with the forty six , er but in reality you can only get thirty three ac thirty three hectares within the city . |
| 8 | Sweet shop , sweet shop , sweet , I never know what to buy when I 'm looking at the chocolate compartment . |
| 9 | Well , er we 're very lucky that er Oxford 's pretty well covered , yes , we 've , or could do with some more volunteers of course , but we 've got about one hundred and twenty people who 'll be going out in the city , and I was looking at a map this morning and it 's very well covered indeed with purple and yellow lines where we 've actually got people on the ground . |
| 10 | At first glance I thought I was looking at a cross between a gibbon and a goat . |
| 11 | I was looking at a picture of Stapleton 's face . |
| 12 | ‘ I was looking at a muzzle shooting at me and I was quite content . |
| 13 | I was looking at the scalectrix . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Yeah I was looking at the petrol driven ones . |
| 16 | ‘ I was looking at the sky . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | ‘ I was looking at the garden , ’ she said , drawing in a sharp breath , adding to herself , and dreaming of escape . |
| 21 | I was looking at the garden as I came in , I thought I might have , even though I did n't know the number |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | taken off it , cos I was looking at the length of it when we were in France |
| 27 | ‘ You look at McLaren 's face in the dressing room before a match and you know you are looking at a winner , ’ Roxburgh remarked . |
| 28 | I do think we 've got to bear in mind that when you are looking at a change does it apply to everybody . |
| 29 | You are looking at a woman who has survived Europe , South America and East Africa — entirely without a maid . |
| 30 | Well when , when you are looking at a planning application , Mr Chairman , you can only look at planning matters . |