Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] looking [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having read a few of your articles I tried sighting the neck by looking down from the headstock end ( as you frequently suggest ) and the neck appears to be very curved , almost banana shaped ! |
| 2 | Its summit was a good vantage point for looking out over the course . |
| 3 | Jack fell quickly into the routine of looking out for the absurdities in his father 's speech to put into a P'dayta-Pie for Warnie ; but he had no heart for it . |
| 4 | Luke shrugged eloquently , his eyes like dark , dreamy pools of liquid as he favoured Fran with a lingering look before looking back at the older woman . |
| 5 | For many people it is a matter of looking around for the car they want and then frantically trying to arrange the finance , whilst the ‘ offer ’ still holds . |
| 6 | It was all so sudden it made her feel queer ; affecting her stomach like looking down from the top of a cliff or riding on a Big Dipper . |
| 7 | Einstein posed a searching question for such systems which we put in modern dress : can an astronaut inside the capsule determine his state of motion without looking out of the capsule ? |
| 8 | Someone must have done some extensive informing , because MacLane picked Susan and me out of the crowd without even the pretence of looking around for the usual suspects . |
| 9 | The start of a New Year is a time for looking back on the past 12 months and also a time when self-styled pundits such as myself are unwisely tempted to look into their crystal balls and come up with the predictions that by the end of the year they may well regret |