Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] be looking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man , who said his name was Dave , told detectives about a friend who 'd been looking for Carol shortly before she died . |
| 2 | But Jones told the court he had been looking after the alcohol at the party and collecting money from people who wanted to take some of the drink . |
| 3 | A woman who had been looking at the screen turned to him and said , " I saw one , round at my daughter 's . |
| 4 | So , off he went and came back one day saying that he thought he had the song I 'd been looking for . |
| 5 | we approximately the subject we had been looking at for some time so I approximately , nineteen eighty eight , nineteen eighty nine |
| 6 | And he passed her the list he had been looking at when she entered . |
| 7 | The nurse who had been looking after Julie escorted her to theatre and stayed with her until she had been introduced to the theatre nurse . |
| 8 | At the big house I met the Officer who had been looking for me earlier on . |
| 9 | The first defendant had known the deceased for some seven years and said in evidence that for the 3 or 3½ years before the deceased 's death he had been looking after the deceased . |
| 10 | He saw the hideous face of the huge thrashing thing before him , superimposed on that blank mask , and knew that it was the face he had been looking for since the death of his wife and son . |
| 11 | He turned sharply from the french window and the view he had been looking at so intently . |