Example sentences of "[adv] looking for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fuming Jackson said : ‘ I spent 40 minutes walking up and down looking for an official , and later two hours near the control centre , but nothing happened . ’ |
| 2 | You came into the chamber , you were not looking for an almost invisible line of thread running from your bed underneath the door . |
| 3 | We were we were not looking for an exception to policy E two we were looking for a policy which complements erm I five . |
| 4 | No we 're not looking for an increase in our I five allocation . |
| 5 | In this context , I would argue that while the unleashing of widespread revolutionary activity in Latin America in the 1960s must obviously be attributed to the impact of the 1959 Cuban revolution , this event was essentially a catalyst , which supplied a model and a source of inspiration to a radicalised generation who were already looking for an alternative to the Soviet theory of ‘ revolution in stages ’ . |
| 6 | Whilst he was chasing girls ( or were the girls chasing him ? ) and always looking for an easy pound or two , I was deeply concerned by the deteriorating political situation . |
| 7 | Take people to objections , take them to where you want them to be and bear in mind you 're always looking for an objection |
| 8 | Still looking for an appropriate ( and I use the word advisedly ) full-time job , and currently doing some freelance — and virtually voluntary ! — work for a charity , The Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland . |
| 9 | Most of the people who went to Virginia or the West Indies were clearly looking for an opportunity to do better than they could in England , and if they made fortunes they would probably go back to England to enjoy their wealth , but the Massachusetts Bay Company was more concerned with escape from England or with the creation of a society that improved on its better aspects and rejected the worse . |
| 10 | If we are really looking for an archetypal sin offering , we must turn in our Bibles to Leviticus 16 , where Aaron presents two male goats before the Tent of the presence . |
| 11 | She was not really looking for an answer . |
| 12 | In order not to disappoint anyone , Celia would explain in her reply that although she was pregnant , she was really looking for an older nanny . |
| 13 | The British Antarctic Survey forms a key component of the Natural Environment Research Council , and we 're now looking for an experienced Electron Microscopist to manage the new SEM facility at our Cambridge headquarters . |
| 14 | This is because many intending EFL teachers have already obtained QTS ( perhaps through a modern languages PGCE ) and are now looking for an ‘ add-on ’ EFL qualification ; others may have decided that they want to work in a context ( usually adult education in Britain or overseas ) where QTS is not necessary or appropriate . |
| 15 | However , she is prepared to relax her views as she is currently looking for an accountant who is willing to do her books in return for , er , payment in kind . |