Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] to look [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Humans around the room were turning to look in that slow , clumsy way humans had . |
| 2 | Before all these developments it was widely accepted that knowledge was something that was ‘ transmitted by words and absorbed by words ’ , and suddenly when faced with ‘ establishing the criteria for the arts as higher education subjects … we were forced to look at these subjects … and at what way they contributed to the role of higher education … |
| 3 | Dicke and Peebles were preparing to look for this radiation when Penzias and Wilson heard about their work and realized that they had already found it . |
| 4 | Well another survey was done to look at these people at the top and see how they 're coping , and a big surprise . |
| 5 | Spearman 's rank correlation was used to look for any relation between oxygen saturation and incidence of arrhythmias . |
| 6 | If you knew that a friend was going to look at that magazine shortly after you , and that the friend would see which answer you had marked , would you seriously tick a ) or b ) ? |
| 7 | Still no purchase and it was beginning to look like all or nothing . |
| 8 | An inquiry was authorised to look into these incidents , but when its chairperson , John Stalker , the Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police , was suddenly removed over allegations about his previous conduct as a police officer , it led to speculation that a cover-up was taking place to avoid implicating senior RUC officers in covert and probably illegal operations ( ibid.:70 ) . |
| 9 | Dusty Springfield was wearing new shoes , with very high heels , and was terrified that she 'd slip , so just before she was due to go on , one of the team was dispatched to look for some scissors to scratch the soles with . |
| 10 | In the cab on the way back to her Eastbourne hotel , Buzz checked her plan ; she was determined to look upon this as a lark , as she and Nell had regarded some of their dangerous escapades in the Great War . |
| 11 | We could not tell whether Jones had heat data or was planning to look for this . |
| 12 | ‘ I was planning to look at some rock formations , ’ she said wearily . |
| 13 | Someone told me that even the ultimate big boss himself was planning to look in this evening — probably to inspect your body and soul , now that he owns them . ’ |