Example sentences of "she [was/were] looking [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Over his shoulder she was looking at the derelict house . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Oh , dear me ! ’ — she was looking at the casserole dish — ‘ stewed mutton and dumplings . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Harriet glanced at Meredith and saw that she was looking at the picture . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | While she was looking at the pictures , Griselda , Anna 's mother 's cat , came in and jumped on to the cat woman 's lap . |
| 11 | She was looking at the maids carrying plates of singed meat to the young people and a servant who was bringing a tray full of raw steaks and sausages out from the house . |
| 12 | Rory worked out she was looking at the door he was crouched behind . |
| 13 | Succeeding flights opened up to her view and then she was looking at the lobby . |
| 14 | Her face brightened , she was looking at the door . |
| 15 | She was looking at the the question of self-scripture , and she has as a a criteria for differentiation or some , or as you might say boundary marks , it 's a question of boundaries between different groups . |
| 16 | He bet she was looking for the fox . |
| 17 | She was looking for the opportunity to extend her holdings in Glasgow , but she was unsure if she wanted to expand her business in the same district as her first premises — perhaps she ought to move upmarket , rather like her London operation . |
| 18 | And then she was looking into the compassion-filled face of Craig Grenfell . |
| 19 | No , I I think it was somebody I was talking to from Bretford who said that she 'd gone she was looking after the |
| 20 | Della was happy because she was looking round the shops for Jim 's present . |