Example sentences of "[was/were] looking [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | In the back a woman was looking out of the open window , her chin propped on the heel of her hand . |
| 32 | She 'd reclined the seat again but she was n't sleeping ; her head was turned aside and she was looking out of the window , not really seeing anything . |
| 33 | One was turning the pages of an old copy of Hotel & Caterer , the other was looking out of the window . |
| 34 | Her father was looking out of the window , but he turned as she came in . |
| 35 | He was looking out over the prison courtyard , watching the sheets of rain falling , the brightness of the observation lights along the prison walls reflecting in his eyes . |
| 36 | She was looking out into the vault of air above the sea . |
| 37 | Sitting safe in the big tree , hidden within the protective myriad of bough , branch and leaf , he was submerged in a greenish half-light filtered through layer upon layer of natural growth , and he was looking out from the dimming or dappling shelter of his high cave into the dazzle of a rare summer brightness beyond . |
| 38 | Wycliffe was looking back down the slope , over the gorse towards the trees and beyond , to another clump of trees where the slender grey spire of the church rose above them . |
| 39 | Her gaze distant , as though she was looking back into the past , she continued , ‘ It would n't have been easy , staying here , but I dare say we would have managed . |
| 40 | His face was a mask of alarm and he was looking back to the office door and the cabinet which was pushed up against it . |