Example sentences of "[verb] look for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor do I have the time to go looking for a suitable crew . ’ |
| 2 | I did n't have it in mind to go looking for a four-piece group . |
| 3 | Watch him wobble onto the dance floor as he goes looking for a decent record collection ( ie no Alice Cooper or Frank Zappa ) in CodeMasters ' happenin' hit … |
| 4 | There are three reasons for this : first , women dress differently from ‘ 20 men all wearing pinstripe suits ’ , making them more memorable ; second , they offload their emotions over redundancy much more quickly , making them better prepared to look for a new position ; and third , because of the so-called ‘ glass ceiling ’ , those women who do make it to the top are ‘ slightly better ’ than their male competitors . |
| 5 | So we agreed to look for a new approach " . |
| 6 | Also , he was not going to accept it , he was going to look for a real motive for this murder . |
| 7 | Meredith was surprised he always had to look for a hidden motive . |
| 8 | But it was when he began finding the 26 mile 385 yard distance — which he can complete in two hours and 57 minutes — ‘ about right for starters ’ , that he began to look for a new challenge . |
| 9 | The March Hare poured a little hot tea on its nose , and the Hatter began to look for a clean plate . |
| 10 | He began to look for a safe stance for the night … |
| 11 | Oag , formerly marketing director with a major computer industry concern in London , had grown tired of weekend commuting from Nairn , and began to look for a local company he could invest time and money in . |
| 12 | If we 're finally able to exclude Burrows from this tangle , and all my instincts tell me he 's not involved , then we shall have to start looking for a compelling reason for one of those people to smash Wetherby over the head with a statuette . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll have to look for a new posting . ’ |
| 14 | YOUNG brothers learning to play golf went looking for a lost ball — and found an abandoned baby . |
| 15 | I went looking for a quiet place to sit — while gazing with interest at the multi armed , three-breasted Salmo'kkan dancers being sinuous on a mini-stage when I was frozen in mid stride |
| 16 | ‘ I went to look for a new car and the Lord said to me , ‘ Richie , you buy this car . |
| 17 | His activities in the Peloponnese may have been provocatively anti-Spartan ( p. 25 ) ; in any event , he was forced to look for a permanent home in the king 's Asia . |
| 18 | he said looking for a little boy who can do building work |
| 19 | I made a mental note to myself that if the doctor on her case set that beautiful leg anything other than back the way it should be , then he had better start looking for a good dentist . |
| 20 | But The Washington Post reported on 22 February that Mr Frohnmayer had been warned last October that he might as well start looking for a new job . |
| 21 | But given that Poidevin turned 33 just days before the World Cup final , will the national selectors prefer to look for a long-term leadership continuity as both Australia and England did when appointing Farr-Jones and Will Carling respectively ? |
| 22 | So we decided we had to look for a new singer . |
| 23 | The researchers have looked for a specific decay of the proton , namely into a positron and a neutral pi-meson ( n ) . |
| 24 | The United manager would be better advised looking for a short-term solution while his troops re-form and Dion Dublin , their £1 million signing from Cambridge United — is nursed back into the team . |
| 25 | If the kitchen is nearly or directly below your bedroom , or if you live in a flat , you 'd be well advised to look for a quiet machine . |