Example sentences of "look [prep] the [adj] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may be of course , but we may not have looked in the right place yet to find that . |
| 2 | We had spent much time looking for the right place and seemed to have explored almost every corner of the country , from Devon to Cumberland , and had almost settled on a disused mill at Fisherton-de-la-Mare , near Amesbury . |
| 3 | Seemed to go back and forth between the reservation and the city for a while looking for the right place to be . |
| 4 | So you were looking in the first place ! |
| 5 | But first of all in terms of a precedency attitude I hope I 'm looking in the right place ? |
| 6 | The third time she saw it Allen was with her but he must have been looking in the wrong place , for he did n't see it although she did n't understand how that could be . |
| 7 | If you ca n't find the right staff , perhaps you 're looking in the wrong place . |
| 8 | This suggests , once again , that comprehension experiments may have been looking in the wrong place for evidence of young children 's linguistic competence . |
| 9 | If you jump , yes you 're looking at the right place , but you 've jumped ahead . |
| 10 | They 're looking at the same place where … ’ |
| 11 | In which case , since Copenhagen is n't the biggest capital in Europe , the chances are that if we look in the right places we 'll find them sooner or later ! ’ |
| 12 | Erm it 's surprising what you get in here if you look in the right places . |
| 13 | You did n't look in the right place did you ? |
| 14 | But there are many more , of course , and listing playwrights is useful only insofar as it presents a few guidelines , primarily to help you look in the right places . |
| 15 | They 're not really so complicated as perhaps they might look in the first place . |
| 16 | When you know what the job is and what sort of person you would like to employ your next step is to look in the ideal place for applicants of the right calibre . |
| 17 | General announcements , group discussions or committees are difficult , the speechreader must look at the right place at the right time . |
| 18 | ‘ I looked in the likely places ; he could be anywhere . ’ |