Example sentences of "look [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | But the politicians are looking for it in the wrong direction . |
| 32 | ‘ The others will come looking for it in the morning , ’ Grimma warned . |
| 33 | She turned , looking about her at the stables . |
| 34 | Tallis said , amazed , looking about her at the dark , snow-striped land . |
| 35 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 36 | He was strolling down the steep narrow street towards the sea , his hands deep in his pockets and his shirt open at the throat , very pale and Londonish , looking about him with the fond , proprietorial air of an Englishman returning to a favourite spot abroad . |
| 37 | He was absolutely worshipped by all disinterested persons at G.Q.G. When he entered the hotel , tapping the floor with his stick and looking about him with the mischievous and bright glances of a boy , every one came up to him instinctively , only too pleased to see him . |
| 38 | All this time Marcus was standing , now more upright , looking about him at the various speakers , with an interested air . |
| 39 | Looking about him at the great press of people , the escalator that was a river of people flowing on and on , the crowds that streamed down the stairs so that if a train was held up there would be room for no more to squeeze on to the platform , he wondered why a terrorist group had never thought of putting a bomb in the tube . |
| 40 | He glanced back at her , then turned away , looking about him at the cluttered floor , the smoke-blackened walls , the broken ceiling of the room he was in . |
| 41 | Tuan Ti Fo turned , looking about him at the simple order of his room . |
| 42 | Looking about him at the others , Christian said , ‘ There ! |
| 43 | Having delivered Eliot to those who were looking after him for the night , we walked back to our colleges discussing the evening , with the ardour of youth which included that most interesting of contests , the comparison of recollections . |
| 44 | The ambulance came , and she ended up looking after him in the intensive care unit . |
| 45 | Obviously she is very upset being left alone in a strange country and we are looking after her at the police station . |
| 46 | It 's a factual mistake , of course , because er , there are n't in fact deities looking after us in the way there were parents in , in childhood . |
| 47 | ‘ My dear , your real mother has been looking after you for the past twenty years , ’ said Miss Rose sharply . |
| 48 | ‘ His neighbour is looking after it at the moment but I do n't think she 'll be prepared to keep it indefinitely . |
| 49 | I turned back to find Yvonne 's grinning face looking past me in the same direction . |
| 50 | She stared at the book-filled wall above the desk , then turned back , seeing how he was looking past her at the same spot . |
| 51 | ‘ What do you want ? ’ he demanded , looking past her at the paladin , who was brandishing his sword . |
| 52 | " Er — Hazel , " said Hawkbit , looking past him into the face of the dreary , black cliff . |
| 53 | Cathy was looking past him into the studio . |
| 54 | Looking round her at the cushions , Ellie spotted one with a Regency man and woman on it . |
| 55 | He turned away , looking round him at the great nest of screens and machinery . |
| 56 | We 're particularly proud of him in South Cambridgeshire , as we 're also proud that so many of our environmental health officers like Alan Hobson do sterling work for us , and we are looking to them in the in the future with this semi-autonomy that they 've been given to really take on board the opportunities which have been given to them under the 1990 Act to really go to town on environmental health . |
| 57 | Unlike the adults , who are used to seeing people looking at them through the underwater viewing window , the baby could n't believe her eyes when she saw people under the water and kept going back down to have another look . |
| 58 | The robbers ran off down a nearby street , but fired their gun again at a women who was looking at them through the window of a hairdressers shop . |
| 59 | The robbers ran off down a nearby street , but fired their gun again at a women who was looking at them through the window of a hairdressers shop . |
| 60 | It is not right to do things half heartedly ; looking at them with the eyes of philosophy . |