Example sentences of "looking [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ireland now face defending champions Scotland this morning with the Scots looking for just a draw to retain their title . |
| 2 | The situation forced the company to downsize from 35 to six people and start looking for either a buyer or non-exclusive licensees . |
| 3 | Detective Chief Superintendent Alan Shannon , who is heading the investigation , said : ‘ We are looking for either a youth or a young man . |
| 4 | As they uncovered it , they found they were looking at not a human , but an animal . |
| 5 | In any case , a shotgun fired into the undertaker 's neck at close range would have made a real mess ; we would n't be looking at just a cupful of blood . |
| 6 | ‘ We have a standard spending assessment of £6.155m. which is in no way related to our spending needs , ’ he said , ‘ We are looking at about a £1.4m. reduction in spending . |
| 7 | In this experiment we would be making measurements of the entire world ocean looking at essentially a snapshot view of the behaviour of the ocean during a five year period . |