Example sentences of "[prep] [be] looking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you work with people and you communicate you listen to what they say and you make sure you say what you need to say then that trust is there and that trust builds and it fosters trust , and really that 's what we 've got ta be looking for in the work situation . |
| 2 | However , new academic journals are regularly launched , devoted to one or other of the many specialisms into which English is fragmenting , and in their earlier issues , at least , are likely to be looking for contributions . |
| 3 | I hovered over the sideboard pretending to be looking for cutlery and strained my ears to catch the conversation . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps I should tell you a little about myself , Mrs Wilson , ’ he said when the maid had gone , ‘ … a little about my family and Elsie 's place in it and how I come to be looking for her after such a long time . ’ |
| 5 | Mick still seemed to be looking for an excuse to return home , so I chose not to make an issue of the blunder . |
| 6 | Obviously the maid was disguised in view of the fact that we were known to be looking for two women travelling together . |
| 7 | Each one must have held memories of her father , but she seemed to be looking for something special . |
| 8 | Male callers however are far more likely to be looking for easy solutions to a debt problem , usually a further loan or re-mortgage which in the long term will often make the problem worse . |
| 9 | I 've just asked Kurt whether the heroin rumours are true — to which he 's laughed , said ‘ No ! ’ and made me feel his arms for any tell-tale scars or holes , though obviously shooting up is n't the only way to take smack and to be honest I 'm not sure I knew what I was meant to be looking for , but still , it 's an impressive gesture at the very least — when Anton walks in with a woman I recognise as Susan Silver , manager of Soundgarden . |
| 10 | -I can send you a plainclothes man if necessary , somebody young who can pretend to be looking for her . ’ |
| 11 | The doctor claims to be looking for a cure for river blindness but his strange behaviour makes Teresa suspicious . |
| 12 | Fiat is said to be looking for a partner for its car business . |
| 13 | OSF is now believed to be looking for a commercial partner to take over and productise the technology , which is much-needed within the industry . |
| 14 | But the Sunday Times seems to be looking for a figurehead for the post , with real work being done in the back room , by the likes of Harry Ritchie , Walsh 's deputy , who in the view of many in the book business would make an excellent lit ed for the paper . |
| 15 | I know what we ought to be looking for — a high , lonely place with dry soil , where rabbits can see and hear all round and men hardly ever come . |
| 16 | Time to be looking for summer migrants . |
| 17 | So what a el else are we gon na to be looking for ? |
| 18 | We 're not saying , as you well know from my representations , we 're not saying that these sites should be allocated for development now either in total or or in part , unless the Inspector feels that there is a shortage of housing land , that he needs to be looking for additional sites . |
| 19 | So I think we ought to be considering the entire sum of money but we ought also to be looking for ways in which we could be maximising the total impact . |
| 20 | procedures which are , do n't quite fit you , then I think what we ought to be looking for is a certain amount of common ground between your procedure and our procedure , so there is not something , you 're doing something completely different to the way the rest of us are doing it . |
| 21 | You seem to be looking for a file , and you should be selecting |
| 22 | The shape outside had stopped , and seemed to be looking for something . |
| 23 | Students who had studied IT at a polytechnic were rather less likely to be In employment or to be continuing their studies than their university peers , and more likely to be looking for employment ( Table 4.2 ) . |
| 24 | A voice for moderation and good order — like many others — but his head as bare as the rest when the bricks started to fly , his body as vulnerable to sabre cuts as his father 's , his countenance indistinguishable to those young and possibly nervous soldiers from the real " physical force " brigade they were supposed to be looking for , who had raised everybody 's temperatures by ambushing and stoning a military escort at Salterhebble . |
| 25 | If the Other Side knows enough to be looking for Blagg , it could know enough to destroy or neutralise the information , whatever it may be , in his possession . ’ |
| 26 | This may reflect a difference in emphasis in that parents seemed to be looking for information about their child 's overall character and behaviour ( eg ‘ good at sharing toys ’ ) whereas staff seemed to report specific good behaviour ( eg ‘ She 's done a lovely painting this morning ’ or ‘ He ate his dinner up nicely today ’ ) . |
| 27 | Head : ‘ Had we ought to be looking for courses to send you on ? ’ |
| 28 | On Saturday Maxim had moved back into Wellington Barracks ; he was supposed to be looking for a new flat to go with his London posting . |
| 29 | It seemed to be looking for something . |
| 30 | He seemed to be looking for something . |