Example sentences of "[noun] be looking at [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Seven pairs of eyes were looking at him with open hostility , even the youngest 's who was not yet four .
2 But William Darling 's quiet brown eyes were looking at him .
3 Its yellow eyes were looking at me ; its mouth opened and it made strange sounds at me .
4 Andy is looking at my bag .
5 This woman with a red headscarf is looking at them and chatting to the man behind the stall .
6 She could tell that Dr Neil was looking at her most sceptically , although he was touching her so gently that the black fear which she had felt before she had fainted did not return — and pooh to his suspicions !
7 The main course arrived and Mahoney sat back in his seat , seeing how intently Donna was looking at him , hanging on his every word .
8 At last Meredith was looking at her .
9 During his second premiership he noticed during a train journey that another occupant of the compartment was looking at him with some puzzlement .
10 Richard was looking at me .
11 Scott was looking at her and so was Kay .
12 She knew that Christie Goldsborough was looking at her strangely and that other people , somewhere in the room — pushing into the doorway to see what was going on — were looking at her too .
13 Barney was looking at her with a strange expression , half puzzled , half tender .
14 Ellen was looking at him with an expression he had never seen before .
15 Maisie was looking at him doubtfully .
16 Now the council is looking at its options .
17 Hammond laughed and began to shake his head , then stopped , seeing how Kim was looking at him .
18 She averted her gaze and saw that Giles was looking at her in concern .
19 cos it was a fake , she told you , when Marilyn was looking at it , she
20 Jones went like that to her and she 's , Cat 's following her you know and then Jones got up on the wall and Cat was looking at her and Cat was going like that and Jones was going chee chee like that and then , you know the fence there ?
21 Ivy was looking at him with a peculiar expression .
22 Ruth was looking at her at last with sharp , bright black eyes .
23 The judge was looking at his papers , and said , still looking down , ‘ I believe you want to adopt this little girl .
24 Jake was looking at her as though it was the first time he had really seen her .
25 But then she realised that the customer in question was looking at her as if he could read her thoughts — and found them highly amusing .
26 Unfortunately , the ten-year-old was looking at her mutinously .
27 The pilots were looking at him with a mixture of dread and shock .
28 The three old men seated on chairs in the dark shop were looking at her as though she were an amusing variation on their usual routine of watching the shopping .
29 While the booksellers were looking at his books he would quietly nick a few of theirs to sell to another shop .
30 ‘ So , ’ reasoned the inspector , ‘ all the guests were looking at her ? ’
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