Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [conj] looking " in BNC.
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| 1 | But lying there beside her , listening to the susurration of the tide and looking up at the sky through a haze of grasses he was filled , not with post-coital sadness , but with an agreeable languor as if the long-committed Sunday afternoon still stretched ahead of them . |
| 2 | Okay so if you can learn to concentrate on looking for the patterns and looking for , Oh well what sort of word is this , is it going to end in a K end in c sound so it 'll be C K. |
| 3 | In the first circuit he was leading the field and looking good . |
| 4 | He stayed where he was , leaning over the rail and looking out across the straits towards Spain . |
| 5 | Oliver poured orange juice , drank half of it in the kitchen while looking very thoughtful and then carried Rain 's to the bedroom . |
| 6 | But standing in the blast of the storm and looking at him even though its ravaged eye sockets contained no eyes . |
| 7 | Yes , I must admit I had one or two people going up the loo and looking , I mean people stop and look when we first had all the stuff outside , you know , what you doing in there ? |
| 8 | Most of these seemingly alert young men , acting as sentries for their sleeping comrades , are soaked to the skin and looking forward to a little sleep themselves before the final push against the enemy . |
| 9 | Okay well it will be interesting to see what er what other people have , have said about it because I was sort of fishing around a bit in the dark and looking at the stats manual |
| 10 | ‘ Oh ! ’ he said , stopping the car and looking hurriedly at a map . |
| 11 | ‘ A case for galoshes , ’ remarked the Substitute , tossing a cigar end out of the jeep and looking around at the steam rising slowly from the wet earth . |
| 12 | The second one is erm a bottom up study which is based on today 's commitments but projecting them forward into the timescale in which we will have the aircraft and looking in that way to see how many and and in what way we would need them . |
| 13 | I try a few tricks , such as getting inside the bushes and looking out , hoping that any clusters will be more visible against the sky . |
| 14 | Whatever name the frightened young Pole spoke it did not make sense and when a sergeant said , ‘ It sounds like Wolski sir , ’ and smiled , Wolski took the cue and smiled back and nodded , patting the horse and looking positive . |
| 15 | Now I find I 'm getting " inspired top-off-the-brain " signals and ideas while travelling in an aeroplane — at the window and looking out at the snowy cotton-wool cloud land ( no artificial stimulants ! ) . |
| 16 | ‘ For God 's sake , why ? ’ bleated Frye , returning to the window and looking out briefly into the night at the blurred wreck of the car in the forecourt . |
| 17 | No other words were needed and he stood , walking to the window and looking out at the courtyard that was bathed in sunlight . |
| 18 | Many claim to have had these near death ; floating near the ceiling while looking down at their dying ( or clinically dead ) physical frames . |
| 19 | The little horse was the most extraordinary thing that had ever happened to him in all his life , appearing like that in the torchlight and looking at him even before it was wholly born , as if to say , ‘ Hi , mate . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ But such heaviness of heart is bitter-sweet , in that it pines for the absence of the beloved whilst looking to the joy of reunion . |
| 21 | " Beautiful old house Preston 's got here , " David Fairfax said standing stock still in the hall and looking appreciatively about him . |
| 22 | Despite the fact that winter will soon be drawing in , many of you will , no doubt , be taking the opportunity for a late holiday in the sun and looking for suitably cool tops to pack in your suitcases . |
| 23 | Local authorities must comply with the duties and obligations imposed in Part III of the Act when looking after children in care . |
| 24 | Having negotiated the pitch with difficulty in the wet , I was at first relieved at having passed beneath the boulder and looking forward to an easy scramble to the top when I came across another difficult pitch . |
| 25 | He moved along the hedge , feeling the breeze from the south and looking for some spot where he could sit and scent it without too much risk . |
| 26 | Magistrate Peck asked the question whilst looking directly at Noah . |
| 27 | When they went into the room , Steiner was standing at the window gripping the bar and looking out . |
| 28 | Pendleton 's general manager , Ted White , said : ‘ We are doing very well at the moment and looking forward to launching the Twicer next week . |
| 29 | well the bit where it meets , pattern should be over the door , so it 's not until you 're in the room and looking back out |
| 30 | If Marcus was sitting on his bed or walking about the room or looking out of the window , Ludens would sit near him either on a chair or else on the floor his knees up , his back against the wall . |