Example sentences of "[was/were] looking [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were looking into each other 's face and laughing as if , Agnes thought , they were alone . |
| 2 | They were looking into each other 's eyes with a tenderness that brought her a cruel , twisting anguish . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not sure I approve of the way you were looking at that visitor , ’ he went on , bending towards her and speaking quietly . |
| 4 | He were looking at that bus . |
| 5 | Claire and Kezia were looking at each other and saying nothing . |
| 6 | Dad had turned away , and Mum and Mrs Fry were looking at each other like conspirators . |
| 7 | Circle members were looking at each other with slowly dawning horror and suspicion . |
| 8 | They were looking at each other and touching each other in such a funny way . |
| 9 | They were looking at each other . |
| 10 | The men were in the same position , but now they were looking at each other . |
| 11 | And we were looking at each other . |
| 12 | Undoubtedly both Vlaminck and Derain were looking at tribal art in a somewhat unfocused way before 1906 , the year in which Vlaminck purchased his first ‘ discoveries ’ , as were many other young artists . |
| 13 | Now if we go back to two years ago on the question of whether or not we should accept erm almost do n't think you 'll get any reply the professional advice of an officer , two years ago or so we had the professional advice of an officer , we were looking at yearly report of the er inspector and |
| 14 | Incidentally there was some goss in a sunday paper that Leeds were looking at another keeper ( from the lower divisions … cant remember who ) . |
| 15 | Tha that Scottish card that you were looking for that painting ? |
| 16 | Is this what you found when you were looking for that card ? |
| 17 | that , we went up there as in actual fact we were looking for certain place when er the postcard we had was n't it , was n't the cows given us trouble and we went |
| 18 | ‘ Darling , ’ Arabella had said , ‘ You know that PR firm I did some work for ? I was talking with their boss the other day , and he said they were looking for new blood … ’ |
| 19 | A rather higher proportion ( 35 per cent ) treated their job as a " Stop-gap " and were looking for other work [ see Table 4.2 ] . |
| 20 | For the next hour the fairground gradually filled with people , mainly families with young children or teenagers who had become bored with their tour round the factory and were looking for some excitement . |
| 21 | Yeah and then we were looking for some carpeting were n't we ? |
| 22 | and then we started speaking to this chap and say we were looking for this place where the erm , they sell all this food and so on , what 's the name of the place , he said oh he says it 's finished , so he said you know where the er , we said er where 's somewhere good you know to , to go and have a nice sleep , and he told us about that place up the mountain where we went , where we all went the last time |
| 23 | That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was |
| 24 | Nevertheless by 19 July both sides were looking for foreign help . |
| 25 | But likewise we were looking for another project similar to what er Eric and I were involved in with the cage drilling machine . |
| 26 | There is reason to think they were also feeling the loss of their carriers that June at the battle of Midway , and were looking for more land bases for aircraft . |
| 27 | If they were looking for more cancer then surely the place to look was at the next vulnerable point ? |
| 28 | He took care to appear blithely unworried as he strolled with his staff , for he knew only too well how the French sympathizers in the city were looking for any sign of allied defeatism that they could turn into an argument to demoralize the Dutch-Belgian troops . |
| 29 | I felt they were looking for any excuse to start a fight . |
| 30 | The established family farms were , mostly , already profitable and the farmers were looking for sufficient income to provide their families with a reasonable standard of living plus sufficient capital to re-invest in the farm and provide for retirement . |