Example sentences of "we looked for " in BNC.
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| 1 | After three hours we looked for land . |
| 2 | Once behind the closed door of the dressing room we looked for a way out , but there was n't one . |
| 3 | The child was emphatic , ‘ but he just went away , we looked for him but could n't find him ’ . |
| 4 | We looked for a place to sit . |
| 5 | What we looked for … |
| 6 | We looked for further clues . |
| 7 | We looked for more badger clues . |
| 8 | We looked for thorn-impaled insects , victims of the ‘ butcher-bird ’ , but found none . |
| 9 | We looked for squirrels red squirrel and grey squirrel — live happily side by side at Vyrnwy — but today they were deep in the forest . |
| 10 | We looked for the killers , but we could not find them . |
| 11 | And erm we went on an elephant on a safari and we looked for erm wild animals and we saw some rhinos , and that was quite good fun . |
| 12 | We looked for a taxicab . |
| 13 | We looked for common features of experience and found a wealth of high points as well as significant low points . |
| 14 | Finally , we looked for ways of making secondments as effective as possible from the outset . |
| 15 | We looked for too little back-up , naively taking on too much , like driving the women to and from the centre . |
| 16 | When the 3 weeks were up and the Scraggs returned , we looked for other accommodation and found a flat in Riccarton , close to Hagley Park and only a mile from the city centre , and we liked it so much we stayed for four weeks having intended two . |
| 17 | We looked for this in vain , though I would not deny for a moment the complete sincerity of Michael Crawford and Sarah Long . ’ |
| 18 | We looked for redress from the Mamur Zapt and received none . |
| 19 | We looked for years but could n't find her . |
| 20 | Anyway , I went back to the bookcase and Chris , in fact , also came and we looked for them , he said , here it is ! |