Example sentences of "really looking " in BNC.

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1 We are really looking for original material performed in an original way . ’
2 She ai n't really looking at my face , but straight into my eyes .
3 I did n't hear what he shouted , but I was pretty lucky I was n't run over , cos to tell the truth I was n't really looking where I was going .
4 ‘ At the end of the day , what we 're really looking for is the right byelection . ’
5 If we are really looking for an archetypal sin offering , we must turn in our Bibles to Leviticus 16 , where Aaron presents two male goats before the Tent of the presence .
6 ‘ No , I 'm really looking for the people who told my fortune at the Puck Fair , ’ I said .
7 But I 'm really looking forward to the ride . ’
8 ‘ We made it , ’ he said and took the second gun from Mariana 's shoulders without really looking at her .
9 ‘ I 'm really looking forward to it too , ’ Maggie smiled .
10 I was really looking forward to the 1961 Birkdale Open , and not just because we 'd gone so close the year before , though I was dying to get another chance to go one better this time .
11 With the money safe in his pocket , he felt a strange and most unfamiliar feeling of pleased anticipation stirring inside him ; he was really looking forward to his appointment with Nutty , to find out what it felt like to ride a horse .
12 As we set out in the truck which was going to take us the eight miles to Oakington , I was conscious that for once I was really looking my absolute best .
13 But now that retirement is just around the corner we are all really looking forward to spending more time there .
14 Much of what is typed in is discarded , because the computer is really looking for key words which refer to files kept in its disc store and what should be done to them .
15 In fieldwork , you are really looking for anything that might confirm the existence of a ley .
16 I was really looking forward to having fresh issues of Punch at my bedside table during recovery .
17 ‘ I was really looking forward to the trip , too .
18 It 's early days yet , but we 're really looking forward to seeing the finished article .
19 ‘ Well I 'm really looking forward to opening for Gary Moore at London 's Albert Hall next month , and I 'll be doing some club dates in the UK just before that .
20 Although she told me she was experiencing a certain amount of discomfort due to the condition of her appendix , and although she was not really looking forward to surgery and to the anaesthetic , none the less Kirsty seemed to have no more than the expected apprehension which would have been felt by anyone .
21 Ricky flicked through , really looking .
22 Floating voters tend to say things like ‘ Of course , being in carpets , what I 'm really looking for from the parties is a firm pledge on European weaving quotas , ’ and they tend to sound like Hurd and look like Gummer .
23 She was not really looking for an answer .
24 We were really looking forward to Christmas together as a family but now everything is ruined .
25 ‘ I 'm really looking forward to it , particularly after two defeats .
26 Armstrong said : ‘ Things are really looking up for us now .
27 So get into the habit of really looking at the viewfinder picture as you line up the shot .
28 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 .
29 ‘ He was really looking forward to being a father and could not wait for the birth .
30 So we were really looking for a home for the turbine ( which needed a thirty-foot head of water ) , as well as for ourselves .
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