Example sentences of "looking [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It means I must leave the doors unlocked , but that 's less risk than having him come looking for me within the quarter-hour , as he surely would . ’ |
| 2 | looking for one for the |
| 3 | He found himself looking for her in the street , in the trains that took him down to his busking . |
| 4 | They 're looking for him on the moors . ’ |
| 5 | Nobody would think of looking for him in the Channel Islands . |
| 6 | The Tans had swarmed over the countryside looking for them after the execution . |
| 7 | He was looking for something along the lines of Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy , an American from nowhere , and all the actors coming in were doing an Andrew Dice Clay or Billy Idol number . |
| 8 | He says we 've had wide and varied enquiries — especially from London-based purchasers looking for something for the weekend — something he can tell his friends ’ Well actually I live in a turreted folly in the Cotswolds ! ’ … |
| 9 | In simple terms , sponsorship of the Universities ' Athletic Union rugby championship alone is not acceptable to the UAU 's hierarchy , who seek money for all student sporting activities and are looking for something in the region of £100,000 to spread around . |
| 10 | A stocky male figure entered from a room at the rear and began looking for something beneath the counter . |
| 11 | While Famlio was looking for us near the Fraxilly sector , we 'd be elsewhere . |
| 12 | During the day we lay up in the desert , camouflaging ourselves with pieces of hessian sacking against the R.A.F. patrols who were out looking for us from the air . |
| 13 | But the politicians are looking for it in the wrong direction . |
| 14 | ‘ The others will come looking for it in the morning , ’ Grimma warned . |
| 15 | So far , I have a car driver and a motor cyclist and I 'm looking for someone for the bus and train , and possibly taxi . |
| 16 | I would be looking for someone like the Beresfords ' youngest daughter — innocence , childlike freshness and beauty . ’ |
| 17 | She turned , looking about her at the stables . |
| 18 | Tallis said , amazed , looking about her at the dark , snow-striped land . |
| 19 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 20 | He was strolling down the steep narrow street towards the sea , his hands deep in his pockets and his shirt open at the throat , very pale and Londonish , looking about him with the fond , proprietorial air of an Englishman returning to a favourite spot abroad . |
| 21 | He was absolutely worshipped by all disinterested persons at G.Q.G. When he entered the hotel , tapping the floor with his stick and looking about him with the mischievous and bright glances of a boy , every one came up to him instinctively , only too pleased to see him . |
| 22 | All this time Marcus was standing , now more upright , looking about him at the various speakers , with an interested air . |
| 23 | Looking about him at the great press of people , the escalator that was a river of people flowing on and on , the crowds that streamed down the stairs so that if a train was held up there would be room for no more to squeeze on to the platform , he wondered why a terrorist group had never thought of putting a bomb in the tube . |
| 24 | He glanced back at her , then turned away , looking about him at the cluttered floor , the smoke-blackened walls , the broken ceiling of the room he was in . |
| 25 | Tuan Ti Fo turned , looking about him at the simple order of his room . |
| 26 | Looking about him at the others , Christian said , ‘ There ! |
| 27 | What point in having , I suppose it 's my fault , I should have read these erm , bits added to it more carefully earlier , but it does n't seem to have anything in their about anybody who is actually claiming a carer 's allowance from looking after somebody at the time , and whether we should have a phrase in there that it does n't include anybody that is collecting from the D S S S or anything else for a carer 's allowance anyway , because you do n't want to double pay anybody . |
| 28 | An invaluable reference book offering plenty of advice on looking after everything in the home — from the furniture to the family . |
| 29 | Having delivered Eliot to those who were looking after him for the night , we walked back to our colleges discussing the evening , with the ardour of youth which included that most interesting of contests , the comparison of recollections . |
| 30 | The ambulance came , and she ended up looking after him in the intensive care unit . |