Example sentences of "we looked [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We looked through several books , did puzzles , played cars .
2 We looked with great interest at the issues raised in Professor Goode 's Consultation Document and our recommendations are designed to help in the task of securing a satisfactory basis for pension provision in the future ’ .
3 One of these er , I suppose it 'd be a ballpoint or whatever you call it and this , I 've still got it , it says on the Queen Elizabeth , see , and er , you see , we said , we said , well never mind very much , we can have something a snack afterwards and so we stayed on there from eleven o'clock in the morning until three in the afternoon , you see , and er er and we were wandering around and we saw the dining room , we saw the captain 's table and er , you know it was , and , and then we looked along one deck , we were high up , and down below there were rows of , rows of lifeboats in case you see
4 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 .
5 We looked for thorn-impaled insects , victims of the ‘ butcher-bird ’ , but found none .
6 We looked for more badger clues .
7 We looked for common features of experience and found a wealth of high points as well as significant low points .
8 We looked for further clues .
9 We looked into all sorts of different buildings , and that would be suitable , and we 've decided the best thing is on the shipping containers , they 're water proof , they 're vandal proof , and they 're recycled as well , which helps .
10 I 'm gon na start by going back to that graph we looked at first thing this morning which is trying to explain what had been happening to the pattern of tourism , both visitors to this country and visitors moving away from this country in the period nineteen seventy eight to nineteen eighty two .
11 So we looked at two areas where we 've erm we were both very weak , erm , and I do n't we could even , we could n't even see it with regards this .
12 We looked at five products that represent different kinds of packaging and are found in most supermarket trollies at Christmas , to see how easy it is to recycle packaging .
13 And erm it was we looked at one hospital and quite clear over the years , but there was an internal leak somewhere .
14 We looked at European history and traced the effects which the growth of specialised institutions of government and administration have had on women 's potential for political influence .
15 We looked at all aspects of play , we experimented in games and concluded that it is a running game , in which the player is expected to carry the ball ’ .
16 We felt from this that there was , there was reasonable evidence to introduce this programme into our practice , and we , we looked at our patients erm at and , and we looked at all patients who 'd had moderately or well-differentiated transition cell carcinoma of the bladder at diagnosis , a non-invasive tumour , small , solitary , with a minimum follow up of one year .
17 We looked at each other — we had finally reached Isparion 's elusive summit .
18 But as we looked at each other I had a strange sensation .
19 We looked at each other wide-eyed , confused by an alien etiquette , and for a moment I was lost somewhere between memories of Samaná and Graham Greeneland .
20 We looked at each other .
21 We looked at each other , she in executive black and white , I in my yellow waistcoat .
22 ‘ In the end we looked at each other and said ‘ Let's cancel Christmas ’ . ’
23 We looked at each other , scared , thinking it was the police come back for us .
24 We looked at each other , scared stiff , but we followed Mrs Bullivant upstairs .
25 And we looked at each other and said , ‘ We 'll go and get one . ’ ’
26 I covered it with mine and we looked at each other and he said , " How is he ? "
27 I turned and we looked at each other .
28 A decent interval elapsed , during which we looked at each other rather anxiously .
29 We looked at each other , not saying a word , and tears came into my eyes .
30 We looked at each other without words and formally embraced ; to my surprise Eric embraced Signor Ugolotti too .
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