Example sentences of "[be] looking out " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the minister had been looking out from his manse windows , he would have thought that his prophecy had found honour in its own country at last . |
| 2 | Anyone could have been looking out the window seeing them being cheap with the teddy boy . |
| 3 | I 've been looking out for you . " |
| 4 | ‘ It was just that a couple of times I 'd been looking out , or I 'd just glance up as I passed , and , well , I 'd seen her there . |
| 5 | If it had been someone else 's funeral George would have been looking out for the nearest pub . |
| 6 | If she had n't been looking out for the signpost , she could easily have driven past without even realising it was there . |
| 7 | Rogers had been looking out of a window . |
| 8 | The success — I am looking out of the window at the thickly carpeted mountainside — comes from the knowledge of shared weakness , the weakness of both men and women in matters of sex and passion . |
| 9 | Secondly , you are looking out for minor defects which will cost you time and money — plumbing , heating redecoration , bathroom and kitchen fittings , replacement windows , floor finishes , insulation etc . |
| 10 | For this reason , an all-round practice gives better training than a specialised one — but it may be well worth taking articles in a specialised firm if you are assured that they are looking out for a bright young man/woman like you to be a partner . |
| 11 | This applies also to the British Council , our arm of cultural diplomacy , which is facing unprecedented demands from the newly liberated countries which are looking out for English language teachers . |
| 12 | You need to be very familiar with the text , you ca n't learn it word-for-word for goodness sake , but you certainly are able to identify all the key issues and key aspects of it and that 's what you 're looking out for , so you could re-tell the story again , you can re-tell the story again yourself accurately , identifying all the key points . |
| 13 | Should never reverse unless you 're looking out that back window ! |
| 14 | and like they run down the stairs and run back up the stairs , yeah , and they 're looking out the window out the window and they go why the bloody hell are you always just looking out of windows and he 's going do it your way and I 'll do it mine . |
| 15 | And we talk about standard light bulbs — the idea here is that take a terrestrial example again , suppose you 're looking out at night and you see a light approaching you , if it 's a cyclist with a very faint light then you 'll not see him until he 's quite close . |
| 16 | ‘ We 'll be looking out for you , ’ Rose said as they kissed . |
| 17 | Good luck — we 'll be looking out for you ! |
| 18 | ‘ They 'll be looking out for you , ’ she said . |
| 19 | There are days when I sit down and my mind goes back to prison , when I 'd be looking out the window , thinking , I wish I was out there , you know , doing something . |
| 20 | And I take it the police still have his case more or less open , and will be looking out for news of him , in case there 's something more in it . |
| 21 | We were able to help him … we can see their house from our bedroom and we just happened to be looking out of the window at the time , do n't you know . ’ |
| 22 | If Gerald Thomas went to his flat to pick him up , he would be looking out of the window waiting for his car to arrive . |
| 23 | I shall have to be looking out for a second hand bike-y just for the occasional trip into town without getting Stuey out of bed so I be a bit more independent than just bothering you all time , if I just wan na pop anywhere . |
| 24 | There are so many things you 've got to be looking out for in those |
| 25 | See , when I go out , I 'm looking out for me and my mate , I do n't want some researcher in the back who 's just going to be a liability … |
| 26 | I 'm looking out at the moodily lit bathroom and wondering what I would do if I suddenly saw William appear out there , flight bags in hand , a Surprise , honey , I 'm home ! look on his face . |
| 27 | I 'm looking out of the window , putting off the moment when there will be nothing left to find out and all this has to end . |
| 28 | Most of the violence happens in long shot , just like you were looking out your window or down the street . ’ |
| 29 | One day we were at the top of the highest hill on the island , and we were looking out to sea . |
| 30 | Vangmoor came up on the screen as if they were looking out of the window , but Vangmoor in summer without the wind and with leaves on the trees . |