Examples of 'i had been looking' in a sentence

Meaning of "i had been looking"

This phrase expresses the past action of searching or seeking for something. It implies that the speaker had actively been trying to find or locate a specific item, information, or solution, but it may or may not have been successful

How to use "i had been looking" in a sentence

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i had been looking
I had been looking through the old articles.
Thank you so much for uploading this song i had been looking for it for ages.
I had been looking forward to seeing the castle.
For the first time in my life I had been looking forward to going to sleep.
I had been looking for someone or something to blame.
It was a quick read that I had been looking forward to for months now.
I had been looking forward to reading this story.
That the large object I had been looking at was the egg of this bird.
I had been looking for ways to help.
It was an event to which I had been looking forward for over a month.
I had been looking at the boggle board.
I put back the card that I had been looking at and got out of there fast.
I had been looking for such a thread.
The cartridge was the familiar metallic gold color of the game I had been looking for.
I had been looking for a lot of answers.

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I found that using these tools provided the missing link I had been looking for.
I had been looking at his wife too.
I was very glad to find what my wife and I had been looking for in a van.
I had been looking forward to this assignment.
Gabriel commented when he saw that I had been looking out the window to the sky.
I had been looking for this literature.
Firewatch has been a game that I had been looking forward to playing for quite some time.
I had been looking at this settlement.
I found a rare book I had been looking for.
I had been looking forward to drinking bavaria.
I found the key I had been looking for.
I had been looking for you.
It was the second opinion I had been looking for.
I had been looking forward to your debrief.
There was the answer I had been looking for so desperately.
I had been looking for this dress for months.
The differences I had been looking for soon found me.
I had been looking for a product like this one.
This was the very thing I had been looking for.
I had been looking at autopsy photos all day.
I suddenly found the inspiration I had been looking for.
I had been looking for alternatives for a long time.
Jesus was indeed the truth I had been looking for.
I had been looking at these devices anyway.
It was tied to an stone I had been looking for.
I had been looking for something in structures.
It turned out to be my brother I had been looking for for years.
I had been looking for a job for abought a month.
That was the meal I had been looking for.
I had been looking forward to this vacation all year.
Looking at all the same paintings I had been looking at.
I had been looking at him through rose tinted glasses.
This was a gift and was exactly what I had been looking for.
I had been looking forward to visiting his café a lot.
I found much more than what I had been looking for.

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Examples of using Looking
Looking to get back up on that pogo stick
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