Example sentences of "[v-ing] around at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking around at the suffocating power of the Roman Catholic Church and the less humane churches of Protestantism , he found that he had nowhere else to go ; they had no answers for this situation either . |
| 2 | I was on my third cup of coffee and looking around at the other coolies when I saw a familiar blue overcoat coming through the door from the street . |
| 3 | ‘ Poor things , ’ I thought , looking around at the other passengers and feeling superior . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Rushing around at the last minute trying to obtain foreign currency and travellers cheques is not the best preparation for a business trip abroad . |
| 6 | He moved carefully into the chamber , glancing around at the curved walls , and the curtains of rock beyond . |
| 7 | Plummer poured himself another drink , pulled his monogrammed housecoat more tightly around him and paced the sitting room slowly , glancing around at the expensive furnishings and ornaments which filled the flat . |
| 8 | " Then tell us a bit more about the natives , " said Chuck lightly , sipping his champagne and glancing around at the little groups of Annamese who were tending to draw closer together as the babble of noise from the French around them grew louder . |