Example sentences of "[adv] looking [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We manoeuvre in the world constantly looking out for Number One . |
| 2 | Beforehand they were tense and quiet , and no doubt very frightened if the truth were known , but on their return , if we saw them at all , they would be relaxed and only looking forward to bacon and eggs in the Mess — and then bed . |
| 3 | VINTAGE car enthusiast Gordon Smith , a commissionaire at Barlaston , is eagerly looking forward to running is 1920 Humber Tourer out on the roads again this spring . |
| 4 | The truth is , she would say , I 'm still looking forward to life beginning . |
| 5 | By the time of the abolition measures of 1806 and 1807 abolitionists had failed to convince their opponents that they were not also looking forward to emancipation . |
| 6 | ‘ However , they are also looking forward with excitement to returning to Nepal . ’ |
| 7 | And when you look far into space , you 're also looking back in time and we 're looking back when we look at the very most distant objects . |
| 8 | They 're probably really looking forward to winter now they know that . |
| 9 | Although she told me she was experiencing a certain amount of discomfort due to the condition of her appendix , and although she was not really looking forward to surgery and to the anaesthetic , none the less Kirsty seemed to have no more than the expected apprehension which would have been felt by anyone . |
| 10 | We were really looking forward to Christmas together as a family but now everything is ruined . |
| 11 | We 're now looking forward to teacher appraisal and the opportunities that this will give s school staff to enhance their own future development . |
| 12 | Much of the upheaval in the world 's soft drinks markets has been prompted by the US giants , Pepsi and Coke , which are now looking aggressively for expansion in Europe . |
| 13 | And so you get an insight into his character , the way he thinks , what he feels now looking back in retrospect and just as important what he felt then . |
| 14 | As well as soaking up the sun , Emma says she 's particularly looking forward to scuba diving and swimming in Stingray City . |
| 15 | Some of them are even looking out for compensation . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm almost looking forward to prison ; plenty of dope in there , if I 'm allowed to mix with other inmates . |
| 17 | And she was almost looking forward to death , because then she would be with William and our dear mother in a place of peace . |
| 18 | And again looking back through history , Nottingham 's red light district is . |
| 19 | Wycombe were beaten by Bob Taylor 's 82nd-minute winner , and their disconsolate boss Martin O'Neill said : ‘ I was actually looking forward to extra-time because I was so sure we would win . |