Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] looking at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there was a long pause during which Sophie drank her coffee and avoided looking at her companion . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The group was given the go-ahead and began looking at all options . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | After a while , he removed his mouth from her nipple and lay looking at her breasts , as though to memorize every curve and line . |
| 7 | Everyone thought he was a patient and kept looking at him when his Mum called names out . |
| 8 | He noticed me in the audience , and kept looking at me in a very strange way . |
| 9 | Marjorie went over too and stood looking at the baby . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They stopped outside Margaret 's house first and stood looking at one another . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The woman dropped her stick and stood looking at it , bewildered . |
| 14 | When she heard Matthew 's name , Miss Havisham stopped walking and stood looking at the speaker , who suddenly became silent . |
| 15 | He walked over to the mantelpiece and stood looking at her cards , a cynical smile twisting his lips . |
| 16 | He went round the table , stepped off the dais and stood looking at all of us . |
| 17 | He loosed her arm and stood looking at her , a slight frown on his brow . |
| 18 | Juliet replaced the receiver and stood looking at it . |
| 19 | Lowell returned to the cottage and stood looking at the portrait of Rose . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She pulled into her drive and sat looking at the house . |
| 22 | Molly brought out a big bowl of salad and sat looking at it , eating nothing . |
| 23 | Dalziel put the phone down hard and sat looking at it . |
| 24 | He went back to the piano and sat looking at the keys — afraid to play . |
| 25 | He did not approach his wife , but stood looking at her . |
| 26 | Rafiq did not speak but stood looking at his two colleagues , an enigmatic smile on his face . |
| 27 | The ‘ broth ’ paid her no attention , but sat looking at their chosen victim , with crooked smiles on all their faces . |