Example sentences of "she [was/were] look [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She twisted in the seat to peer at every building , her eyes seeking the upper windows above shops rather than the goods on display , as if she were looking for someone . |
| 2 | But at the sight of Bob 's expression she got up , blushing again , and walked about the room as if she were looking for something . |
| 3 | But there was more than that — it was almost as if she were looking for something . |
| 4 | He handed her the file , watching her flick through it quickly , again as if she were looking for something specific . |
| 5 | So what I did is I writ thirty plus thirty four , adding up to sixty four and she jumped up and she 's grabbing thing off table and she had hold of the screwdriver and I says to Linda thought she was gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were n't , she were looking for a pencil so she could rub it out , well she could n't and she found this pencil and she scribbled thirty four out . |
| 6 | So she jumped up , grabbed the pencil and everything , she got a screwdriver first , I thought she were gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were looking for a pencil |
| 7 | Her expression was one of utter distaste , as though she were looking at something a dog had done in the middle of the floor . |
| 8 | The hours spent beneath the apple tree assumed a distorted quality as though she were looking at them through an unfocused lens . |
| 9 | But if she were to look for ever and a day , she would not find it . |
| 10 | What if she were to look in earlier editions ? |
| 11 | P.C. Clifford , the driver of the car , got her name and address and a statement from her , though it does n't amount to anything more than that she was looking over the bridge and saw the body . |
| 12 | Once extended her own eye was pressed to the lens of the telescope that was herself ( was it her own eye 's lens she was looking through the wrong way ? ) and she saw herself at the other end . |
| 13 | Over his shoulder she was looking at the derelict house . |
| 14 | She was looking at him questioningly but he could see she had caught his drift . |
| 15 | She was looking at Lee . |
| 16 | She was looking at him the way his other nanny looked at her budgie . |
| 17 | I bought the dress she was looking at and chatted to her about it . |
| 18 | During the few moments in which she paused in her ascent to the church she reflected that now she was looking at the view the other way round ; now she was in one of the overcrowded little alleys visible from San Martino as merely a crack in a vast expanse of roof tiles and crumbling masonry and noticeable from that lofty vantage point because of the fluttering of the washing hung out on poles over the street to dry . |
| 19 | She was looking at herself in the full-length mirror by the side of the bed , pulling great lumps out of her stomach and grimacing at her own image . |
| 20 | I was still nursing my Freddieland injuries , and the way she was looking at me with her unflinching gaze gave me a queasy feeling I 'd only narrowly avoided providing lunch . |
| 21 | Oh , dear me ! ’ — she was looking at the casserole dish — ‘ stewed mutton and dumplings . |
| 22 | She was looking at the gentleman , and he was looking at her now and as he inclined his head he said , ‘ Thank you for your service . ’ |
| 23 | For the first time in her life she felt as if the veil had been stripped from her idol and she was looking at the real person who hid away inside a beautiful body , seeing her through the eyes of others who had no family love for her to colour what they saw . |
| 24 | She was looking at him very intently . |
| 25 | Harriet glanced at Meredith and saw that she was looking at the picture . |
| 26 | But she was looking at me with simple , concerned inquiry . |
| 27 | She was looking at Maggie now . |
| 28 | ‘ Passed up a couple of total certs to come to your bloody bun-fight , ’ she complained , though she was looking at the poor child all the time , with her eyes half-closed and tossing her head so the sockets would catch the light . |
| 29 | She was looking at Aggie now , and Aggie said , ‘ Well , there will be holidays , dear , there will be holidays ; ’ then turning to the Mother Superior , added firmly , ‘ she 'll have to come on a holiday three times a year , other wise it 's no go . ’ |
| 30 | The boater was on her head and she was looking at herself , her bare right foot touching the floor lightly . |