"previously looking" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is commonly used to describe an action or state that occurred in the past. Example: The cat, previously looking out the window, suddenly jumped off the couch and ran to the door.
I naively thought that my job-hunting experience would be comparable to when I was previously looking for a full-time role.
"Even at maximum cost of 25,000 Australian dollars the truck would be a business premises that is less than half the bond on a prime retail lease in Sydney that I was previously looking at," he says.
Also noted was Cristina's way of accepting Burke's proposal, following Ellis' answer, which gave her the hope she had been previously looking for.
The same research also suggested that for people who already tended to be hostile, more drinking led to more aggression, while this did not occur among those who weren't previously looking for a fight.
For the rest of us wonks, I have to point out that I've already written about the 2016 election previously, looking at Chris Christie (pre-bridge scandal) way back in November, and more recently laying out what a large Electoral College advantage just about any Democrat is going to enjoy in 2016.
A limited number of reports have been published previously looking at breast cancer, but we have examined a larger panel of antigens than previously reported.
The company had previously looked for about $9.60 a share.
It has not previously looked at the opinions of respondents who identify with the Tea Party.
Sky Arts previously looked to Russia for inspiration with its Chekhov Comedy Shorts season in 2010 starring Steve Coogan.
"The world previously looked very much like there was a business world and a consumer world," Mr. Bates said.
And what previously looked rough and naive has become something normal, just one more way of being viewed.
