Example sentences of "looking [prep] [pers pn] [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 | He found himself looking for her in the street , in the trains that took him down to his busking . |
| 3 | They 're looking for him on the moors . ’ |
| 4 | Nobody would think of looking for him in the Channel Islands . |
| 5 | The Tans had swarmed over the countryside looking for them after the execution . |
| 6 | While Famlio was looking for us near the Fraxilly sector , we 'd be elsewhere . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But the politicians are looking for it in the wrong direction . |
| 9 | ‘ The others will come looking for it in the morning , ’ Grimma warned . |
| 10 | She turned , looking about her at the stables . |
| 11 | Tallis said , amazed , looking about her at the dark , snow-striped land . |
| 12 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | All this time Marcus was standing , now more upright , looking about him at the various speakers , with an interested air . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Tuan Ti Fo turned , looking about him at the simple order of his room . |
| 19 | Looking about him at the others , Christian said , ‘ There ! |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The ambulance came , and she ended up looking after him in the intensive care unit . |
| 22 | Obviously she is very upset being left alone in a strange country and we are looking after her at the police station . |
| 23 | It 's a factual mistake , of course , because er , there are n't in fact deities looking after us in the way there were parents in , in childhood . |
| 24 | ‘ My dear , your real mother has been looking after you for the past twenty years , ’ said Miss Rose sharply . |
| 25 | ‘ His neighbour is looking after it at the moment but I do n't think she 'll be prepared to keep it indefinitely . |
| 26 | I turned back to find Yvonne 's grinning face looking past me in the same direction . |
| 27 | She stared at the book-filled wall above the desk , then turned back , seeing how he was looking past her at the same spot . |
| 28 | ‘ What do you want ? ’ he demanded , looking past her at the paladin , who was brandishing his sword . |
| 29 | " Er — Hazel , " said Hawkbit , looking past him into the face of the dreary , black cliff . |
| 30 | Cathy was looking past him into the studio . |