Example sentences of "looked for [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She flashed the note around , proudly though covertly , and looked for him at the bus stop , but she could not look for him without some misgiving .
2 Adam wondered if Abigail sometimes woke up and looked for him in the dark , in the empty room , and fretted for a while before she began to cry .
3 She looked for him in the oven , the fridge , the wicker basket that held wastepaper beside her desk .
4 They looked for it at the hospital and at the police station .
5 ‘ I looked for you after the raft procession , but you were nowhere to be seen . ’
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