Example sentences of "i [was/were] looking [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was looking for the perfect book and I found it . ’ |
| 2 | Because that 's detail really , er , I was looking for the main parts . |
| 3 | I was looking for the same thing yesterday ! |
| 4 | I was looking for the twenty-five pounds . |
| 5 | At one time it was quite obvious that his main sponsor , Essex Petroleum , run by the flamboyant American ex-decorator and former Brussels bus-boy , David Thieme , was in some sort of dire trouble and that this trouble was bound to affect Team Lotus as it did ; Chapman knew I was looking into the complex affairs of Thieme and Thieme 's longstanding relations with Lotus . |
| 6 | Most people said I should get probation , but I was looking on the black side and thought I would get a sentence of three to five years . |
| 7 | ‘ In particular , I was looking at the environmental regulations and how [ or even if ] they are enforced . |
| 8 | The statement was unnecessary , since I was looking at the forward preceptor screens , which showed a silvery shimmer like visible white noise . |
| 9 | I can see that perhaps if they want to have a er they may feel they need to stray into other boundaries but I did feel that when I read what Huntingdon district council proposed which was if you like , to completely re-drawing the electoral map for the entire county I was n't actually looking at something that was designed to deal with the interests of the citizens of Huntingdon district council , I was looking at the straightforward political proposal which would be far better to come from a political party than from a district council . |
| 10 | No I was looking at the other one . |
| 11 | Now I was looking at the other fella a strong comparison , I was mixing him up with I |
| 12 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
| 13 | I was seven and I was I went to a neighbour 's house and as it happened I was looking through the blooming window when the funeral went past so I was no better off you know . |
| 14 | Cos one of the things that I said , you know , just when I was looking through the last five or six months is that it did seem er , to be inconsistent in terms of certain areas like the first floor , there 's an awful lot of reporting going on but , there was very little from the other , from the other areas . |
| 15 | Good , fine , I 'm not surprised , I was looking in the wrong rate book was n't I ? |