Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or Cashman , drunk and abusive in the lobby , looking for somewhere to lay his head ? |
| 2 | The wee ginger-haired midfielder who was once described as ‘ a volcano looking for somewhere to explode , ’ took his men on a drinking spree that stretched from the downstairs bar of the Marina Hotel to an exclusive Copenhagen night club called ‘ Bonaparte 's ’ , and back again . |
| 3 | The millions who would soon be looking for somewhere to spend their hard-earned break were his natural customers . |
| 4 | Sid Vicious — a simple-minded soul with no ideology save revenge , careering through life like a bad accident looking for somewhere to happen . |
| 5 | When the couple had gone upstairs to bed , Mr Stephens packed his bag for the next day 's outing , bolted the doors firmly — for many of the men stayed in Cockermouth drinking for three or four days and would roam the streets at night looking for somewhere to sleep — and then , as if to atone for those first designs he had on Emily , he picked out Silas Marner from his bookshelf and wrapped it up as a present for her . |
| 6 | Miss Harker removed her bonnet , a beautiful item with long blue ribbons , and looked round for somewhere to hang it . |
| 7 | Enter our Sharon as book editor Carly Norris , looking for somewhere to hang her hat after ending her unhappy marriage . |
| 8 | They looked around for somewhere to hang it . |
| 9 | They were streaming through the connecting door , muttering discontentedly and clutching their books and papers as they looked hopelessly around for somewhere to sit . |
| 10 | The couple she had met as the Corduroys , Ken and Louise , were holding plates and looking round for somewhere to sit . |
| 11 | She looked around for somewhere to sit , but the bed looked bigger than ever in the cramped room and his jacket lay discarded on the only chair . |
| 12 | As his commentary stopped I realised that she must have completed her purchases and was very likely surveying the room for somewhere to sit . |
| 13 | She was looking for somewhere to turn when she suddenly realised there were buildings ahead of her . |
| 14 | He cast around for somewhere to put them , and at once Mei Ling took them and gave them to a waiting servant . |
| 15 | Marcus looked around for somewhere to put his toothbrush . |
| 16 | Killion turned away , pretending to look for somewhere to put his glass . |
| 17 | The females compete for somewhere to put their eggs . |
| 18 | David is looking for somewhere to put his croquet club . |
| 19 | I happened to be looking for somewhere to mount a small African sculpture I had bought and came upon De Biasi in Tottenham Mews just off Tottenham Court Toad . |
| 20 | He looked around for somewhere to destroy them . |
| 21 | Mary Finnigan : ‘ It emerged that David was looking for somewhere to live . |
| 22 | Apart from moisture vapour , the air also contains millions of tiny plant spores which float around looking for somewhere to live and multiply . |
| 23 | For example , if I 'm starting college and searching for somewhere to live , I might come up with a dozen possible ideas . |
| 24 | I thought I 'd have to take time off to look for somewhere to live , but , thanks to you , I can leave that till I 'm settled . |
| 25 | She came here looking for somewhere to live . |
| 26 | I 'll start looking out for somewhere to live next time I go down . |
| 27 | ‘ So I 'm looking for somewhere to live . |
| 28 | Over the next few weeks thousands of undergraduates will pour into the city after the summer recess looking for somewhere to live . |
| 29 | On the box in Coronation Street Emily and Ernest Bishop were looking for somewhere to live . |
| 30 | If you 're stuck for somewhere to take the kids on firework night and you want to know the one that 's nearest to you Action Line have got a great big long list you 've got piles have n't you ? |