Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] look [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were just looking for a suitable warren to send our ferrets down to flush out the occupants . |
| 2 | Erm , then we all just worked at getting pieces out on paper , all that was going fine , and then I assigned two more people to stick all the pieces together and trying to create sentences from it , and I think the only time that I , we lost it was like , right at the end we were like looking for a few words to make our sentences make sense . |
| 3 | Implementation of that policy , in Indo-China however , would depend upon France ; and after two years of war and in spite of some growing and ineffable optimism , the French were still looking for a purposeful Vietnam policy and had revealed not so much procrastination and missed opportunities as a sort of political paralysis . |
| 4 | Made a vain attempt to tidy up the room , which was already looking like a heavy-metal combat zone , and took himself off for a shower . |
| 5 | ‘ His jockey Steve Raymont was just looking after an inexperienced horse , but I suppose it 's water under the bridge now . ’ |
| 6 | I was always looking for a short-term miracle . |
| 7 | He was still looking through an old but faithfully-kept scrapbook . |
| 8 | But , when asked whether he was still looking for a new goalkeeper despite Hitchcock 's form , Porterfield said : ‘ We are always looking to improve our squad of players and we will keep searching . ’ |
| 9 | One of the attractions of NoS was that , in breaking away from the Fleet Street mould , it was also looking for a different sort of employee . |
| 10 | In order not to disappoint anyone , Celia would explain in her reply that although she was pregnant , she was really looking for an older nanny . |
| 11 | But I do n't expect you to believe I was simply looking for a good time . |
| 12 | Theodora realised this was rather a lame attempt on her part to steer clear of what was increasingly looking like a nasty piece of wreckage . |
| 13 | During that first week she went out with Nahum in the trap he used for visiting in the parish , and she was continually looking for a young woman with white hair and a baby . |
| 14 | Christopher Columbus was actually looking for a quicker route to the heart of Indonesia when he stumbled on America . |