Example sentences of "they [am/are] looking [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Corrigan suggests that teenagers behave the way they do at the seaside , or at football matches , because they are looking for a memorable experience to balance the boredom of the rest of their lives . |
| 2 | Lastly , just as people looking for jobs are advised to ask around and find out about prospects through the grapevine rather than from official sources , employers too , where appropriate , can let it be known that they are looking for a certain sort of employee . |
| 3 | If they are looking for the special therapist to ‘ cure ’ them , then , also they will be disappointed . |
| 4 | If they are looking for an easy , magical cure — either hypnosis or a special pill — they will be disappointed . |
| 5 | Many people underestimate these travellers ; they think they are looking for an easy life . |
| 6 | They are aware of the need to improve their length so much that they put in the extra line so they are looking at a 1 or 1.5m ( 4 or 5ft ) area . |
| 7 | Children are sometimes told ‘ it is rude to stare ’ , but cat-lovers often forget this rule when they are looking at an approaching feline . |
| 8 | Of course the elves are in a wood at that moment , and they are looking at the early evening stars , but that is not what they mean . |
| 9 | For example , if the adult holds an object , such as a doll , in the child 's line of gaze , the child is likely to look at the object and then immediately glance at the adult 's face to check that they are looking at the same thing . |
| 10 | The only common circumstances in which men provide substantial care is when they are looking after a disabled wife , whereas women care for husbands , parents , handicapped children and sometimes other relatives too ( Charlesworth , Wilkin and Durie , 1984 ; Parker , 1985 ; Henwood and Wicks , 1985 ; Finch 1986b ) . |
| 11 | They go a a Medici shop or Athena or whatever and they 're looking at the best . |
| 12 | They 're looking at the same place where … ’ |
| 13 | And they 're looking for a nice house to put them on . |
| 14 | ‘ They 're looking for a first-class professional journalist . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't think they 're looking for a battered glamour boy , ’ Scott said . |
| 16 | They 're looking for a written documents , full stop . |
| 17 | On the other hand , do n't go looking too battered : they are n't looking for Walter Huston , they 're looking for a younger , well-scrubbed , cheerfully confident Robert Mitchum . ’ |
| 18 | I think that 's the one danger of all of this , is that both the County Council 's and the District Council 's aim perhaps or now are beginning to listen to the parish councils , but also , just really get an eye off the ball , cos they 're looking for the increased responsibilities for their own purposes , and I think that 's one serious danger that we c have to face , as a local community . |
| 19 | They 'll tell everyone that they 're looking for the stolen uranium . |
| 20 | And they 're looking for the first little thing ! |
| 21 | Good Evening : Six hundred travellers ' vehicles heading for Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice have been banned from there , so farmers here have been warned that they 're looking for an alternative location . |
| 22 | Now I think it would be helpful if the borough council could clarify whether that is in fact what they 're looking for an additional land allocation . |
| 23 | they 're looking for an old boy eighteen to twenty five who was like a carpenter or a plumber who 's actually learnt a trade but he said the trouble is , he said |