Example sentences of "we looked [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We looked for years but could n't find her . |
| 2 | Finally , we looked for ways of making secondments as effective as possible from the outset . |
| 3 | We looked for squirrels red squirrel and grey squirrel — live happily side by side at Vyrnwy — but today they were deep in the forest . |
| 4 | In issue 39 we looked at directories and subdirectories . |
| 5 | So we let them go on in their grubby little greedy ways while we looked at papers and account books and took an inventory of the wine-cellar and just watched how the system operated . ’ |
| 6 | In Chapter 2 we looked at sources of information and at how to gather material . |
| 7 | In the first chapter we looked at notions of timely and untimely grief and we saw that although the reaction to loss is the same whether or not we are expecting someone to die , the way it will be expressed does very much depend on whether it is something we might expect . |
| 8 | Stephen Tapper , director of development services , said : ‘ We looked at problems with access to Snipe Lane , drainage and landscape as well as various other issues . |
| 9 | We looked at things like how to abseil off a cliff hundreds of feet high , while protecting the person you are guiding at all times . |
| 10 | We looked at reasons for installing a network , fitting and configuring the network interface card ( NIC ) , managing precious memory , and testing the installation . |
| 11 | On Sydney suburban grounds we looked at teams clash , Wests and Souths , St George and Balmain , Norths and Detective Sergeant Bumper Farrell 's Newtown Bluebags , and decided that this or that lock or halfback would cut a swathe on heavy northern grounds in England . |
| 12 | As I recall it , that we did n't have a week during August where everybody was here , indeed we looked at diaries . |
| 13 | We looked at variations in perceptions across the electorate to see whether television , the press , or both had any influence . |
| 14 | In Chapter 3 , we looked at explanations for the differences in male and female criminality . |
| 15 | We looked at labels and washing powders with more interest and at new washing machines with economy programmes — another exam question . |
| 16 | Readers tend to associate gloss with high cost and , in solving this criticism , we looked at ways of reducing the overall magazine budget . |
| 17 | Los Angeles 11pm , Wednesday April 29 : Driving home past the movie studios that line Melrose Avenue , Chuck D 's angry rap bounces around my head : ‘ For all the years we looked like clowns . |