Example sentences of "[pron] look [prep] [pron] for a " in BNC.

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1 I look at it for a moment , tracing out my journey from Westminster .
2 I looked at it for a long time until Marie Claire 's kitchen began to form itself around the pots .
3 The probation found a little stray dog called Benjy for me and I looked after him for a little while , but my money kept on going down and down and down .
4 I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’
5 She looks at me for a bit , then she goes over to the drawer and takes out another envelope .
6 She looks at them for a bit and then hands them over to me .
7 " She looking for someone for a job ? "
8 ‘ She 's gone to Sam 's party , ’ said Scarlet , hastily , applying the brush to her hair and wondering why it made you feel so odd if you looked at yourself for a long while in the glass .
9 She looked to him for a lead and he gave it to her .
10 She looked at them for a long time .
11 She looked at them for a moment with pleasure and then set the bucket down and turned to Murphy .
12 She looked at me for a moment , measuringly , as if wondering whether I meant it .
13 She looked at him for a moment as if weighing up the consequences of telling the truth for once .
14 She looked at him for a moment and burst out laughing .
15 She looked at it for a long time , and then began to cry .
16 She looked at it for a long time .
17 He did so partly in order that those who looked to him for a lead would have no doubts about where he stood .
18 Should we look to it for a pool of inventive talent that actively embodied novelty in its products , and thereby provided pressure for technical change among its customers ; or rather , for provision of engineering skills that responded passively to the demands made upon it by the inventiveness of its clients consumer industries and civil engineers ?
19 Both of them looked at her for a second , then continued their hushed conversation .
20 He looks at me for a second .
21 However anyone looking to it for an explanation of how women have come to be excluded so completely from the control of machines , or even for a theoretical framework within which to pose such a question , is in for a disappointment .
22 He looked at me for a while , thinking .
23 He looked at me for a moment then sighed and got up from the chair .
24 He looked at me for a moment , halted in the act of folding his stethoscope .
25 He looked at me for a minute .
26 He looked at her for a moment .
27 He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought .
28 He looked at her for a long moment , puffing on his seisha , then spoke for the first time .
29 He looked at her for a minute , then he looked away , over her head , at the front of the court .
30 He looked at her for a long , silent moment , and Merrill dragged her gaze away with difficulty , maddened by her erratic heartbeat .
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