Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] have been looking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |
| 2 | The man claimed he had been looking for his girlfriend when challenged by staff members . |
| 3 | I hear you 've been looking at Eggle guitars … |
| 4 | ‘ I know he 's been looking for you . |
| 5 | He was inclined to believe he had been looking for an excuse to ring her , which was foolish because he did not need an excuse . |
| 6 | ‘ I gather she 'd been looking into drugs a few weeks back and then into child porn . |
| 7 | He was making her act like a gauche schoolgirl — Aurora Blake , who could hold thousands spellbound with the power of her voice , who could mix happily with kings and commoners — stammering apologetically because a man who had wandered unwanted and uninvited into her garden knew she 'd been looking at him ! |
| 8 | To be fair , I did n't , I did say we 're talking about parenting and one one could do another programme perhaps , focusing on the child or the needs and rights of the child in specific , but I think I 've been looking at the almost the scariness , I suppose , of being a parent , the challenges facing parents and the whole half hour , really , has not been about the joys of parenthood , so much as the problems of parenthood ! |
| 9 | AS a third part of a nanny share I have been looking at the law and the availability of Liability Insurance . |
| 10 | said she phoned me the night before last and she said she 's been looking at flats I thought I 'd just ring you to tell you we 've been looking at flats and they range from two hundred and fifty to four hundred and eighty pounds a week for a flat |
| 11 | At the official press conference today , Brian Horton said he 'd been looking at the young twenty-one year old for quite a while . |