Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] be looking " in BNC.
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| 1 | They revealed they 're looking for two suspects . |
| 2 | They revealed they 're looking for two suspects . |
| 3 | As they uncovered it , they found they were looking at not a human , but an animal . |
| 4 | They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner . |
| 5 | They say they are looking for ‘ a more just society ’ . |
| 6 | They say they were looking foreward to having two new friends . |
| 7 | They say he was looking for evidence of natura naturans ‘ all-creating nature ’ , rather than natura naturata , ‘ the made world ’ ; in certain seventeenth- and eighteenth-century writing of unimpeachable orthodoxy reference is made to anima mundi , a spirit pervading the world and supplying the continuing presence of God . |
| 8 | But at least they believe I 'm looking . |
| 9 | Their initial abuse would give way to laughter when they understood we were looking for a prahu which would carry us eastwards . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think they knew anyone was looking for them . ’ |
| 11 | Many people underestimate these travellers ; they think they are looking for an easy life . |
| 12 | They said they were looking for me and I had to go with them back to the convent . ’ |
| 13 | Coun. Richmond said : ‘ They said they were looking to form trade links with Darlington because they liked what they saw here . |