Example sentences of "was [adv] look for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was especially looking for new business in Osaka . |
| 2 | But by the end of May 1797 , with the countryside bursting suddenly into beauty after the coldest spring Dorothy could remember , they knew that their unorthodox tenancy was not likely to continue : John Pretor Pinney was already looking for rent-paying tenants . |
| 3 | He did n't know why he had come , hated himself for coming , but had by now tormented himself into a state of mind where he was deliberately looking for fresh spasms of anguish . |
| 4 | Ian was still looking for surviving elephants when she arrived back . |
| 5 | Yasmin said she 'd had enough and was now looking for full-time modelling work . |
| 6 | I was actively looking for any hint of SCUM support for about 6 weeks after the campaign … not ONE solitary supporter could be found . |
| 7 | The hospital 's senior house officer , Dr Ewing Forrest , told the inquiry : ‘ I was specifically looking for subarachnoid haemorrhage but there was no evidence of irritation . |