Example sentences of "[was/were] looking [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Richard Warburton , director general of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents , said : ‘ If you were looking for the highest standards of safety , then you would be separating people from their vehicles in the tunnel . ’ |
| 2 | We were looking for the reflective eyes of a fox . |
| 3 | those seeking work were looking for the same kinds of jobs as those that had found it ; |
| 4 | the 26 students seeking employment were looking in the same kinds of business areas as those who had been more successful in job search ; |
| 5 | It also reported that the Regional Council was looking into the possible benefits of introducing a Geographical Information System ( GIS ) as a corporate resource and that road accident statistics was one of the pilot study areas . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | His head rested on the pillow at an unusual angle , the chin tilted abnormally high , so that , from the foot of the bed , Richard was looking into the dark pits of his nostrils . |
| 8 | He was looking at the two Apaches . |
| 9 | Delving into her bag , Cara extracted a few cards from her wallet and passed them over to her , and while Fabia , who knew her sister went by her maiden name in her job , was looking at the printed cards that announced ‘ Cara Kingsdale , Verity magazine ’ , Cara was suggesting , ‘ Keep those by you just in case Mr Gajdusek wants proof that you represent Verity . |
| 10 | ‘ In particular , I was looking at the environmental regulations and how [ or even if ] they are enforced . |
| 11 | In 1946 in Milan , Werner met a young woman who was looking at the same things as he was . |
| 12 | I was looking for the twenty-five pounds . |
| 13 | Because that 's detail really , er , I was looking for the main parts . |