Example sentences of "be looking [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If gaunt-face had been looking up at the Clubroom windows in the hope of seeing Filmer — or of Filmer seeing him — maybe Filmer would come down to talk to him and maybe I could photograph them both together , which might one day prove useful . |
| 2 | It is also particularly difficult to discover your place in a speech after you have been looking up at the audience . |
| 3 | Since the death of Tito in 1980 , and with the growing economic crisis , which is felt by Serbians to have particularly affected them ( although there is , in fact , little evidence that Serbia 's relative position has fallen in comparison with Yugoslavia as a whole ) , a growing number of Serb intellectuals have been looking back over the past and asking themselves whether Serbia was discriminated against under ‘ Titoist ’ rule . |
| 4 | If it had been someone else 's funeral George would have been looking out for the nearest pub . |
| 5 | If she had n't been looking out for the signpost , she could easily have driven past without even realising it was there . |
| 6 | Rogers had been looking out of a window . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I am looking down on the world , but it does not stretch away over nebulous distant horizons . |
| 9 | A chasm separates us from the other side and now we are looking round for the bridge . ’ |
| 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 | MORE people are looking in at the local , if figures from West Country brewer Devenish are any guide . |
| 12 | Dutch authorities are looking in to the incident . |
| 13 | I mean if you , you 're the burglar now and you 're planning to break in a house , and you 're looking around at the different houses and you 're trying to , one of the many things you 're trying to do is to establish whether they 're in or out . |
| 14 | Cos er , Mark last week said er , he 'd been approached by a wedding to do a disco , he said well I ca n't it 's a Saturday , and then he said well , you know , where are you having the reception , said well we 're looking round at the moment . |
| 15 | They 're looking up at the sign board , and holding each other 's hand . |
| 16 | Action round-up time now … two big events this week … we 're looking back on the RAC Rally and forward to the Hennesey Gold Cup |
| 17 | Mr Gregory could be looking around for a job at the moment . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Maybe in forty years time , people will be looking back at the good old days of the Nineties to see which rising stars started their careers playing North-East venues . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ When we were looking around for a royal to open the centre , we were promised as soon as someone was available for a royal visit , we would get one , ’ said Peter Carberry , chairman of Darlington Mind . |
| 25 | Long before they had passed the watershed and were looking over into the jaws of the mountains at the head of Loch Morar , young Angus felt he had strayed into a foreign country . |
| 26 | All three men were looking up at a newly stained wallaba beam which supported the terrace room . |
| 27 | All eyes were looking up at the pit lane screens as every lap , every move , was relayed on to the tube |
| 28 | Alleycat and Digger were looking up at the stars in the sky . |
| 29 | His head had an odd tilt or cock to it , set on the shoulders as if he were looking up from the bars of a drop-handled bike . |
| 30 | For a moment she was too surprised to speak and simply stared as if she were looking down on an apparition . |