Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] looking [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two days later , after a peaceful voyage , we disembarked at Calais — a dreadful place , England 's last foothold in France , nothing more than a glorified fortress packed with men-at-arms and archers , who staggered the streets in their boiled leather jerkins , drinking in the many ale houses and generally looking for trouble . |
| 2 | This is very important because once you start to perceive yourself in negative terms you will probably start to act in a negative way , being quarrelsome and finally looking to food for comfort . |
| 3 | I found it difficult to follow their chatter ( you know old Shallot , nosy as hell and always looking for mischief ) , but they seemed most concerned about Lady Francesca 's health . |
| 4 | Despite the contempt expressed in the past for the American principle of ‘ publish or perish ’ , British universities are more and more looking at volume of publication — otherwise , ‘ performance indicators ’ — as a sign of virtue . |
| 5 | Meanwhile the ethereal life of Ranveer , Bubbles and Socks , an unworldly trio who react in a childlike way to every sling and arrow as if permanently looking for Nanny , starts to unravel when a new administrator takes over the game park with thinly veiled hostility towards his country 's nobility . |
| 6 | If we regard our guide as simply looking for advice as to what moral rules are correct , unrelated to a particular decision which he is called upon to make or to a particular situation in which he is involved then it will be impartiality of the first and last types which are particularly relevant : that is , the formal requirement that legislation is to be universalised , and the material requirement that the decisions made are based on a consideration of all relevant factors . |