Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] look [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was looking forward to talk a bit about er , what they 're doing er , in the way of seminars and so on this year and how we can tie in with it , and how we 're going to erm , actually take over the forum plan for Eurofile . |
| 2 | ‘ But you were looking so absorbed that I guessed you were admiring that wonderful bureau . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We were looking forward to free hospitality but there was n't a drop in sight . ’ |
| 4 | They were looking largely confused . |
| 5 | And the tall tree arched over at the top in a graceful curve like a shepherd 's crook , as if it were looking down to admire itself . |
| 6 | He was looking slightly alarmed . |
| 7 | He 's a man who erm is qualified in the field of computer sciences and if your Lordship will hear has worked throughout his life in the fields of computers , banking and er in March of nineteen eighty five he left employment with a company known as Data Logic Limited where he had been employed as a banking consultant and decided at that stage er on a change of career erm and he was looking principally to acquire a wine bar , restaurant , country house hotel , something of that nature and er you will hear that after some early disappointments in the earlier part of nineteen eighty five when deals that er were on the horizon for premises in Oxfordshire and then in Chichester erm in early September the plaintiffs er saw and liked the wine bar in and offered the price of , the asking price of seventy five thousand pounds with stock er which was accepted . |
| 8 | In seconds Travis 's conversation with Rosemary was over — and he was looking dreadfully distressed about it . |