Example sentences of "looking out [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To take a single example , it is reported that the grandchildren of the first European colonists of North America already had eyelid-shapes tending towards those of the Red Indians , which were better adapted to looking out over vast spaces in bright sunlight . |
| 2 | They sat against the wall on turfed seats in the shade , looking out over raised herb banks of hyssop , lavender and other fragrant shrubs . |
| 3 | They sat in silence then looking out to either side of the steeply tumbling rocks interspersed with dry , hard Mediterranean shrubs . |
| 4 | prospecting ( looking out for new selling opportunities ) |
| 5 | On reflection , he rather regrets that they were n't looking out for each other . |
| 6 | This refers to concentrating on and looking out for specific details in the world around you . |
| 7 | There was something of the Regency dandy in the way he trailed his cane and rotated his globular head , as if looking out for fellow beaux to salute . |
| 8 | ‘ My mother ’ , Ivy said , ‘ told me that when I was a child , she spent all the year looking out for small things to put in my stocking . |
| 9 | This applies also to the British Council , our arm of cultural diplomacy , which is facing unprecedented demands from the newly liberated countries which are looking out for English language teachers . |
| 10 | Secondly , you are looking out for minor defects which will cost you time and money — plumbing , heating redecoration , bathroom and kitchen fittings , replacement windows , floor finishes , insulation etc . |
| 11 | Study this example : unc We can save rewriting by looking out for common factors above and below the division line . |
| 12 | he must be maybe he 's looking out for more work , I admire |
| 13 | looking out for hidden signals . |
| 14 | During his long stay in the south he made only one portrait with an out-of-doors setting ; the pretty shopkeeper , sitting on a chair in front of her shop , looking out with uncomprehending suspicion against a white wall . |
| 15 | One of my favourite places for working was on the roof tops , drawing city views , or by high open windows , looking out at architectural details . |