Example sentences of "[adv] looked for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One interpretation of the intermittent energy which Joseph Sturge put into the free produce movement in the 1840s is that it constituted an attempt by a Friend who had launched out into public and even political life to maintain links with more traditionally quietist brethren who none the less looked for greater perfection in the world . |
| 2 | I only looked for the sake of form . |
| 3 | In the rigid and uncompromising structure of a society which constantly looked for negative , rather than positive factors , the faintest rumour was elevated to probable truth and doubt became a definite accusation . |
| 4 | My only desire was to keep these hideous creatures at bay whilst I desperately looked for a gap in the ring of steel surrounding me . |
| 5 | They deliberately looked for inconsistencies where they basically knew I 'd told them but two aspects of the truth , in the hope that I 'd blurt out the real truth about something else in my fright and confusion . |
| 6 | She gave two sharp little nods , as if that finished the matter , which no doubt it did , except that I still looked for gaps in her defences . |
| 7 | Erm , I took her at her word , I still looked for work , I did n't stop looking for work but I took it that she was happy enough me being on the dole if it meant that we could stay around Bay or Anglesey . |
| 8 | In the Berlin orchestra we always looked for greater knowledge and better players but maintaining standards is always going to be difficult . |
| 9 | I always looked for the sounds ; whether it was musically correct or not did n't bother me , but it had to have a certain sound to it . ’ |
| 10 | I always looked for the kitemark when I was buying things . |
| 11 | Ever looked for something different to do ? |
| 12 | He also looked for signs of abnormal radioactivity in the vicinity while seeking for the source of the heat and gas but nothing significant turned up . |
| 13 | American Can also looked for areas with reasonably priced rates and rent and with pleasant housing areas for staff relocating with the company . |
| 14 | Head office reviewed those proposals on the basis of financial criteria , but also looked for ‘ strategic fit ’ . |
| 15 | We also looked for a geographical spread of writers . |
| 16 | We also looked for unpublished trials but found none . |
| 17 | Hearsay-II also looked for ‘ narrow ’ points but used word adjacency scores as well as acoustic quality scores for the initial islands . |
| 18 | Emboldened by Carters support , the Shah ordered the publications of the scurrilous attack on Khomeini which precipitated the first of the riots against him and , within a year , had led to his fall , by early 1979 , after what he saw as US failure to support him , and as he now looked for a refuge form Morocco he was less certain . |
| 19 | When I came to the Cotswolds and looked for a studio , before I even looked for house , I found a great barn , a wonderful old building , except that it was cathedral-like and freezing cold in the winter . |
| 20 | The BEA thus increasingly looked for sites more distant from the load centres , locating them instead on the coast ( where cooling water supplies were cheap and plentiful ) or on the coalfields ( where coal would be the cheapest ) . |
| 21 | They sketched their ideas and then looked for clothes to match . |
| 22 | Ludens closed the front door , then looked for Irina . |
| 23 | She then looked for these citations in the databases . |
| 24 | She then looked for these citations in the databases . |
| 25 | Certainly , he never looked for one moment as though there were a dose of castor oil beneath his nose . |
| 26 | Dear old Martha had much of the milk of human kindness about her ; she had pensioners who shared with her such things as she had : one was a lame robin redbreast , who came and sat on a bush opposite the door till he was fed ; another was a pigeon whose cot was quite a mile away : she too looked for a meal on every visit , and after gathering her crop-full , would wing her flight over the fields and houses home to her cot . |
| 27 | I actively looked for other ways to include lights in painting . |
| 28 | I actively looked for other ways to include lights in painting . |
| 29 | During the late 1970s , the company found that it was becoming increasingly expensive to maintain its head office in London and therefore looked for alternative accommodation elsewhere . |
| 30 | We therefore looked for a solution which was fair and would meet most members expectations . |