Example sentences of "[adv] looking " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's bad enough looking through the new sections and the main articles and seeing nothing mentioned less than E4 , 6b . |
| 2 | A pleasant enough looking young man was Yuri Rudakov in his slacks and open check shirt and loose grey jacket . |
| 3 | For this was a Q train two normal enough looking carriages that are not all that they seem . |
| 4 | Everything looks so much smaller from up here looking down than it does down below looking up . |
| 5 | You know the kinda biggish kinda looking one ? |
| 6 | Very excited , very nervous also but I am relly looking forward to it . |
| 7 | While the rest of Wales quakes in anticipation of next week 's invasion by the world champions , Price is merely looking forward to another tussle with the ultimate rugby enemy . |
| 8 | We can not tell which it was by merely looking at the facts ; we have to ask what his purpose actually was . |
| 9 | Others give in , decide that they are past the stage where beauty has any relevance , and concentrate , perhaps with relief , on merely looking tidy and presentable . |
| 10 | She was the epitome of fashionable glamour and , merely looking at her , Constance felt swamped . |
| 11 | and that the learning situation itself needs to be examined for its possible contribution to children 's learning difficulties , instead of merely looking in the child for causes . |
| 12 | While it has made no formal application to offer video-on-demand to customers — the official line is that it is merely looking at the technology 's potential — it is already clear that it faces a tough task convincing regulatory bodies that it has the right to do so . |
| 13 | Thus redness , rather than merely looking red , is basic but its being there is bound up in a way which is manifest from the start with how it looks to us . |
| 14 | Merely looking at the final stage of supply can obscure the full range of options open to a particular firm in its choice of serving foreign markets . |
| 15 | Merely looking at one 's watch and giving the right time is usually enough to prevent the completely accurate recall of an unfamiliar telephone number . |
| 16 | Merely looking for a person is not an assault : Arobieke [ 1988 ] Crim LR 314 ( CA ) . |
| 17 | Er and therefore it looks at erm the indirect impact of development erm and it 's it 's more sophisticated one might say than merely looking at the quality of the land . |
| 18 | Dilip Vengsarkar came in looking for his fourth hundred in as many Lord 's appearances and immediately joined Shastri in exploiting the unpatrolled third-man boundary . |
| 19 | Come in looking as though you might be able to solve an interviewer 's problems , not as though you will bring a whole lot of problems of your own . |
| 20 | This particular Tuesday Georgina Taylor came in looking tired and drawn . |
| 21 | ‘ Is that right the filth came in looking for your Mickey and the electric went ? |
| 22 | Her daughter was taken away to Special Care , and she , like Nickie , hated seeing fathers come in looking pleased while she sat alone on her bed , waiting for her mother . |
| 23 | They were exchanging goodnights when Rose came in looking flushed and happy , but a trifle agitated . |
| 24 | She came in looking aggressive and clutching her massive black handbag with the brass clasp . |
| 25 | He came in looking sour as he usually did when he found Wycliffe conferring with Lucy Lane . |
| 26 | George came in looking like death . |
| 27 | Then , right after he and Mr. Mendez left , a mustered-out soldier from Thomas came in looking for passage to Bisbee . |
| 28 | Sure Ji he came in looking for Jim one morning and Jim was n't there , says he 's in bed so listen I said do you wan na go up and waken him like fuck Jim says when Acky woke me I said what you mean he give you a kiss and he woke you up . |
| 29 | The union is constantly looking out for ways like this to show promoters , record companies and the rest of the music industry the right way to treat musicians , and to remind the business yet again of their responsibility to put back into music just a small part of the rewards which they enjoy , thanks to the skills of musicians . |
| 30 | The top executive who is constantly looking ahead rather than backwards will rarely steer his company into a tight corner , in Laing 's view . |