Example sentences of "[noun sg] looked for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bessey was sceptical of the whole approach as little more than revived natural history , and , in order to convince him that scientific ecology was possible , Clements and Pound looked for a method of quantifying their studies . |
| 2 | The sixteenth-century writers who condemned depopulation looked for a depopulator , and found him in the enclosing landlord , who found that stock , -rearing was more profitable than corn-growing . |
| 3 | The driver looked for a sign , and found : |
| 4 | Once they had filled the trolley and checked off everything on their list Stuart and his Mum looked for a checkout that was n't busy . |
| 5 | And a man looked for the . |
| 6 | ‘ Our oil-fired central heating system was showing signs of age , so the National Trust 's adviser on Conservation Heating looked for a new system which would be efficient , cost effective and environmentally sound . |
| 7 | Bristol City looked for the offside … |
| 8 | The Doctor looked for a moment as if he might continue to argue the point , but seemed to relax , and turned to Ace . |
| 9 | When Israel was in exile in Babylon the nation looked for a second exodus ( Isaiah 51:9–11 ) . |
| 10 | Much later , after the funeral , Billy 's mother looked for the letter that Auntie had written to the pension people . |
| 11 | In other words , where yesterday 's historian looked for the history of an oppressed working class , today 's historian looks for marginalized groups , and those who have transgressed social norms . |