Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] looking at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless you have only very few Windows applications , or enjoy looking at the background ( which may be changed to something prettier ) enlarge the Program Manager to fill the entire screen . |
| 2 | And that means looking at the audit schedule out front so that you , you 're not . |
| 3 | Then there was a long pause during which Sophie drank her coffee and avoided looking at her companion . |
| 4 | They tend perhaps just to lack that real killer instinct and erm it 's such a great shame because people might laugh and joke looking at the league table , in fact United , since Christmas , have played some very good football indeed . |
| 5 | He does n't come up to the desk straightaway , but gives me a nod and starts looking at the flowers , really closely , like he really knew about them . |
| 6 | Now there 's time for Peter to relax and enjoy looking at photographs of a recent trip to France organised by the centre . |
| 7 | And then , ‘ Oh , eat your lunch and stop looking at me with those great spaniel eyes . |
| 8 | In Winter we 're digging and in summer we eat outside as much as possible and enjoy looking at the fruits of our labour . " |
| 9 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 10 | I picked up a book , but put it down again and began looking at a tiny red spider on the leaf of a geranium , ad lost count of time . |
| 11 | Albert fell prey to his nightly fantasies of living with Bella again and began looking at Jim with rage in his heart toward the wet blanket who was preventing it . |
| 12 | The group was given the go-ahead and began looking at all options . |
| 13 | The prosecution at Teesside Crown Couret claims Bruce walked into Jenny Knight 's home in Middleton St George , near Darlington , and began looking at her belongings and putting aside pieces he wanted . |
| 14 | After a while , he removed his mouth from her nipple and lay looking at her breasts , as though to memorize every curve and line . |
| 15 | Everyone thought he was a patient and kept looking at him when his Mum called names out . |
| 16 | He noticed me in the audience , and kept looking at me in a very strange way . |
| 17 | The first thing I do is check the stocks , followed by date returns and er , you know , erm , get that done , out of the way , and start looking at the , of the night , and what have you , setting that up , and maybe the late night process , hand over from the branch manager , walk round doing any detail he wants me to do , and hand over from late nights . |
| 18 | Marjorie went over too and stood looking at the baby . |
| 19 | When , a minute later , he pulled on the handle of the iron bell and it clanged loudly , the door of a small house just beyond the gates opened and a man appeared and stood looking at them for a moment before speaking . |
| 20 | They stopped outside Margaret 's house first and stood looking at one another . |
| 21 | And then when she was fully dressed , she shut the closet door over and stood looking at herself in the mirror which was on the other side . |
| 22 | The woman dropped her stick and stood looking at it , bewildered . |
| 23 | When she heard Matthew 's name , Miss Havisham stopped walking and stood looking at the speaker , who suddenly became silent . |
| 24 | He walked over to the mantelpiece and stood looking at her cards , a cynical smile twisting his lips . |
| 25 | He went round the table , stepped off the dais and stood looking at all of us . |
| 26 | He loosed her arm and stood looking at her , a slight frown on his brow . |
| 27 | Juliet replaced the receiver and stood looking at it . |
| 28 | Lowell returned to the cottage and stood looking at the portrait of Rose . |
| 29 | The next time he left the digging he kept away from Fiver and sat looking at the bank , as though entirely concerned with the work . |
| 30 | She pulled into her drive and sat looking at the house . |