Example sentences of "were n't looking " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those days trainers looked like window cleaners and the likelihood was that when they were n't looking after players on a Saturday afternoon , they might well shine windows for a living . |
| 2 | While eating we watched a variety of cheeky small birds darting through the restaurant , picking up tasty crumbs of freshly baked bread and croissants or dipping their long narrow beaks around the lid of the sugar bowl when the waiters were n't looking . |
| 3 | I had been badgering the tour 's publicist for an interview with Scotty , who had apparently arrived toting his original Ray Butts amplifier with built-in tape echo , but things were n't looking too hopeful . |
| 4 | They were n't looking for you , they were looking for cocaine . |
| 5 | ‘ I imagine , daddy , ’ Matilda said quietly , ‘ that you were n't looking very hard and you simply took mummy 's bottle of hair stuff off the shelf instead of your own . ’ |
| 6 | By now we had been there several hours and things were n't looking very optimistic . |
| 7 | On reflection , he rather regrets that they were n't looking out for each other . |
| 8 | Till eventually I mean you ere doing it with these As you were going through here you were n't looking at this table you were working some of them out you were saying , Oh that 'll be a double positive that 'll be a double double negative these 'll go together . |
| 9 | There was no privacy , no curtain round the sink , so you had to do your top first , keep your nightdress on , wash your bottom part and hope people were n't looking . |
| 10 | To begin with , we were n't looking to trick anyone — the job was perfectly straightforward — and we wanted to get a good geographic spread to avoid any bias towards the London area which has the lion 's share of the current bureau . |
| 11 | So I suppose whatever area you went into , erm you might find it a bit frustrating to start with , because you were n't looking at the big picture . |
| 12 | ‘ They were n't looking for a weapon . |
| 13 | I kind of caught her eye when the others were n't looking . |
| 14 | He just stopped himself from adding , ‘ We were n't looking for anything . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You were n't looking for gold , were you ? ’ |
| 16 | He wandered off when we were n't looking and we never saw him again . |
| 17 | It 'd be easy to find , even if you were n't looking for it . ’ |
| 18 | They were n't looking at Nisodemus as he spoke , but at the crowd . |
| 19 | Things were n't looking too good for me . |
| 20 | I could just , well , escape when you were n't looking . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We were n't looking ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We were n't looking ! ’ |
| 23 | And then we had the moment that a lot of you er were n't looking forward to which was playing the video back , yes . |
| 24 | She ca n't remember any but there again you were she were n't looking for green . |
| 25 | We were n't looking at the time . |
| 26 | well this was the all , the ho all the hull underneath the water line was glass so you were actually sitting you know , you were n't looking down , you were actually sitting in , in the base of the hull of the boat |
| 27 | You were n't looking for the cat , you were looking |
| 28 | So when I went , I had to go again on Monday I took just my purse in my pocket and thought oh this is bit , cos I mean I knew what I was going for , you know , were n't looking round for anything in particular and I thought this is bit risky ! |
| 29 | tt , Tina were n't looking |
| 30 | Erm , I do n't know whether you can think of any other words that would be use useful but erm , if you were n't looking at hesitations , you might look at erm , |