Example sentences of "[coord] looking [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If anyone starts talking about sex or looking at the Indian women , someone always says , ‘ Riddled with diseases I 'm sure . ’ |
| 2 | Next time you find yourself queuing to have your photo taken on the Cantilever in Snowdonia , or looking for a vacant shelter to eat your sandwiches in on Scafell Pike , stop and look to the west . |
| 3 | The alternatives are letter , fax , or looking for the British agent in the ads . |
| 4 | However old or ill one might be , there is something healing and comforting about stroking the soft fur of a purring cat or looking into the trusting eyes of a faithful dog . |
| 5 | ‘ I have always feared the Dark Ireland , ’ said Dierdriu , and her eyes were huge now , and looking on a terrible possibility . |
| 6 | ‘ If only one were going to court freely and looking to a bright future — 't is different for you ! ’ |
| 7 | How lovely , thought Winnie , letting her knitting fall and looking at the leaping flames , if she agreed ! |
| 8 | Moi , " he knew from his reading , was an Annamese term derived from the Chinese word for " savage , " and looking at the dark-skinned , low-browed men , he could see they were of a different racial stock from the Annamese ; they wore only breechclouts that left their haunches naked and they grinned and chattered animatedly in their own language as they moved quickly about their work . |
| 9 | Then she saw how he was staring at her habit , and looking at the two grooms . |
| 10 | ‘ Well ? ’ she pressed him , sitting up and looking at the broad back facing her . |
| 11 | So I was looking at the slide sitting on the strings , and looking at the major third on the fretboard , and then I said , ‘ If only I could get this note here . ’ |
| 12 | We too are part of the whole subject area ourselves : our own can be immensely varied , and looking at the various ways people have responded to the natural energies manifesting at ancient sites is central . |
| 13 | And looking at the Palestinian revolution ‘ trom a viewpoint higher than my own ’ he regards it as ultimately a revolt reaching to the limits of Islam , a ‘ calling for a revision , probably even a rejection , of a theology as soporific as a Breton cradle ’ ( p. 88 ) . |
| 14 | Stepping back and looking at the other two nuns , the Mother Superior said , ‘ Take her to her cell . ’ |
| 15 | Cooper , knocked out by Floyd Patterson in his previous fight and looking for a gentle return to the ring , took on Boston Jacobs , an unknown New Yorker . |
| 16 | Kevin Coley was rumoured to be fed up with the dreadful Napiers and looking for a new senior professional . |
| 17 | Municipal Mutual , Britain 's ninth biggest insurer with 1,500,000 policyholders , is in difficulty and looking for a new partner . |
| 18 | Slightly insane and looking for a good laugh ? |
| 19 | We could take this illustration too far — but I would like you to look upon yourselves as conductors , setting the tempo of the class , listening and looking for every discordant note — and for every good one — helping by encouragement — and asking questions , for instance " Are you working as hard as you could ? " |
| 20 | Or maybe it was like the ball in a roulette wheel , bouncing around and looking for the right number … |
| 21 | I 'm living alone now and looking for the next relationship , which I hope will be the last one . |
| 22 | All the signs are that somewhere there is a warehouse full of unwanted red-blue 3D specs , going cheap and looking for an alternative use . |
| 23 | Pay good attention and show that you are listening by nodding and looking into the other person 's eyes , but not staring . |
| 24 | Then he lay there gasping and looking into the unreadable eyes of Isay . |
| 25 | One at Duisker has a flat stone slab on the ground to the north of it some yards away ; standing on the slab and looking over the upright stone points to Kildalton but is there any significance ? |
| 26 | In the afternoon haze , a tall mountain suddenly appeared , surrounded by rock walls and spires and looking like a faint fortress from the 11th century . |
| 27 | I made the pretence of patting my pockets and looking like a total cretin . |
| 28 | Imre Makowecz 's Hungarian pavilion , all timber and looking like a rustic church , is original , economical and ( most important ) says something about Hungary . |
| 29 | Kalchu 's younger brother had come over from his neighbouring hut and the two men sat spinning , talking and looking after the small children until their wives returned . |
| 30 | It is all too easy to sacrifice every waking moment to the duties of running the house and looking after the physical needs of the patient and other members of the family . |