Example sentences of "looked [prep] [pers pn] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was supported by a most devoted wife who looked after him for many years until , late in his life , he rejected and abandoned her for a younger woman . |
| 2 | At that time you had to stay with your tutor constable who looked after you for twelve weeks . |
| 3 | I looked toward him for some answer to my curiosity but his eyes were expressionless . |
| 4 | The King exerted his influence , not just because forty or fifty Members of Parliament held government posts , but because others in the House of Commons looked to him for financial help in fighting elections , or they looked to him for contracts , pensions , and favours for friends . |
| 5 | First they looked to it for some confirmation that the general principles of history which they saw at work in capitalism had always been operative . |
| 6 | She looked at me for several seconds without speaking , and then said , ‘ Well , Molly , we all think you treat life as a joke ! ’ |
| 7 | He looked around him for some sort of weapon , backing off as Duvall walked slowly towards him . |