Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] looking [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I was always looking for a short-term miracle . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But I do n't expect you to believe I was simply looking for a good time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |