Example sentences of "[was/were] looking [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Frogatt 's two daughters were looking foreward to welcoming their new friends , but it was not to be : |
| 2 | They say they were looking foreward to having two new friends . |
| 3 | They were looking largely confused . |
| 4 | And I looked upon the earth and saw a dish set , and workmen lying by it , and their hands were in the dish : and they that were chewing chewed not , and they that were lifting the food lifted it not , and they that put it to their mouth put it not thereto , but the faces of all of them were looking upward . |
| 5 | I went along to Brigade H.Q The Officers and other ranks were looking just as knackered as the rest of us out in the orchard . |
| 6 | We were looking forward to gorging ourselves , but the buyer was a restaurateur and his chef had skinned it so cleanly that there was n't enough flesh for a sandwich ) . |
| 7 | We were looking forward to our walk but did n't want the holiday to end . |
| 8 | As the sun went down over the trees , everyone in the squadron had enjoyed a hard day 's military training and , after a good dinner and some well-deserved beers , they were very happy and were looking forward to the challenges of the next day . |
| 9 | We were looking forward to the vacation , to Christmas , to what you called ‘ New Year 's ’ . |
| 10 | But we had only a month in Borneo and after just three days — rather than the recommended three weeks — relaxing in Miri , the capital of Sarawak , we were looking forward to getting down to some trekking , the purpose of the trip . |
| 11 | This situation could make receptiveness on ATB courses questionable but the people concerned were certain that if they were looking forward to the course they would ‘ switch over ’ fairly easily . |
| 12 | When our 'plane touched down at Ibiza Airport , we were looking forward to a couple of weeks in the sun , hoping that the children would be amused and we could just relax . |
| 13 | In so far as they were looking forward , it was with a much more gradual pace of development in mind . |
| 14 | They had retired from work within a year of each other and were looking forward to spending time together doing many of the things that bringing up children and working had so far prevented . |
| 15 | The passengers were looking forward to being at home for Christmas and the atmosphere on board was cheerful . |
| 16 | EIGHTY factory workers were looking forward to a very merry Christmas — until their boss gave them just one bottle of whisky between them . |
| 17 | ‘ We were looking forward to going seven points clear for Christmas but four will do for me at this stage . ’ |
| 18 | He said how much his parents were looking forward to meeting Liza , especially as they had always wanted a daughter . |
| 19 | He was n't here very much , as you know , but we were looking forward to the end of his army service and then we would have settled here . ’ |
| 20 | Comment : The bane of the quiet dinner à deux you were looking forward to in your local French restaurant , and of that meeting which you hoped would reach a rapid resolution . |
| 21 | Tiptree spokesman Tim Huxtable said that they were looking forward to their day out , and that Peter Richardson , Michael Beckett , Rob Hadgraft , Gerry Madden , Liz James and the others were keen to make an impression . |
| 22 | Young people were looking forward to a modern China in which they would play an active role . |
| 23 | ‘ We were looking forward to free hospitality but there was n't a drop in sight . ’ |
| 24 | She said patients and staff at the hospice were looking forward to the visit . |
| 25 | All of the practices were looking forward to the second year in which the ‘ steady state ’ of year 1 would give way to even greater freedom and opportunity . |
| 26 | Although all of the practices were looking forward to continued participation in the scheme , there were some concerns about the future . |
| 27 | I did , however , remember us asking the children if they were looking forward to a fortnight in Umbria . |
| 28 | It was beginning to take on the aspect of a full-scale expedition , and both women were looking forward to it immensely . |
| 29 | The crew were looking forward to sharp sounds as they struggled with sextants in pitching seas . |
| 30 | We were looking forward to a meal and a quiet evening in Dover when a radio message via Dover Coastguards informed us that another suspect vessel had been spotted heading west through the Straits after sailing from Belgium where she had given the local customs a false destination in Sweden for a large consignment of spirits loaded . |