Example Sentences

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Not many of their players will have been looking forward to this after the events of three months ago.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024

"Most automakers will have been looking for a diversified portfolio of regional supply before this anyway, but perhaps this makes other regions more appealing."

From Reuters • Apr. 24, 2023

The first sign that everyone in France will have been looking out for in the debate was whether Marine Le Pen would again be as cringingly awful as she was five years ago.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2022

“I don’t know who the first lucky loser was but he will have been looking out there and saying, ‘I could have been playing on the Centre Court at Wimbledon.’”

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2017

And, as her sister's face clouded, she continued: 'I will run up for an hour on Wednesday, but I really cannot neglect Mr. O'Brien any longer—he will have been looking for me day after day.'

From Lover or Friend by Carey, Rosa Nouchette