Example sentences of "[pron] look [adv prt] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm going to stay there for a bit while I look round for a place . ’ |
| 2 | I looked around for a cup . |
| 3 | There was no table set and she looked round for a sideboard that must house such things as cutlery . |
| 4 | She looked round for the entrance . |
| 5 | She looked around for a tool , and found a soldier 's dropped bayonet . |
| 6 | Each day we look out for the postman — but so far there 's been nothing . |
| 7 | They look out for the organisation of sites , quality of substructure and superstructure , the finish , external works and quality control . |
| 8 | Not long afterwards , watching , he saw them appear on the roof They looked around for a moment and then went down . |
| 9 | He looks around for a moment , pleased as punch , then realizes that his fellow group members have all heard it a dozen times before . |
| 10 | It looked round for an ally , and found one in the old hereditary enemy , Austria-Hungary . |
| 11 | He looked round for a stick or prop which he could use to dislodge Yussuf . |
| 12 | He looked round for a weapon to fight with , but Fagin already had a heavy metal pot in his hand . |
| 13 | He looked round for the phone , found it and took it to the woman , laying it in her lap . |
| 14 | He looked round for the instrument and saw it on top of one of the presses . |
| 15 | He looked around for a cab . |
| 16 | He looked around for an implement to use and although his eyes were by now accustomed to the gloom he could see nothing suitable . |
| 17 | He looked back for a moment at the Minister 's procession stalled at the roadblock . |
| 18 | He looked about for a thing to waft with , saw nothing satisfactory , scowled and said , ‘ I suppose I 'll have to find a fan of some sort . ’ |