Example sentences of "and looking at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How lovely , thought Winnie , letting her knitting fall and looking at the leaping flames , if she agreed ! |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Then she saw how he was staring at her habit , and looking at the two grooms . |
| 4 | ‘ Well ? ’ she pressed him , sitting up and looking at the broad back facing her . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | Stepping back and looking at the other two nuns , the Mother Superior said , ‘ Take her to her cell . ’ |