Example sentences of "[adj] and looking for " in BNC.
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1 | From Table 4.1 it can be seen that almost one-third of IT postgraduates would be unemployed and looking for work at the end of their course . |
2 | I would say that if you 're sixty years old and looking for meaning in life you should not be listening to this kind of music . |
3 | The ladies , sisters , were English and looking for somewhere cheap but clean while they stayed on in Florence to attend art classes . |
4 | The change in employment may not always be so favourable as yesterday 's either , but the market is now starting to feel bullish and looking for a FT-SE of 3,000 by next year . |
5 | Must be handsome , intelligent and witty and looking for a fun-to-be-with female student . |
6 | Here is the appalling Bliss family in their anyone-for-tennis country home : actress mother , artistic father , precocious children — all of them vain and selfish and looking for amusement and romantic intrigue from their weekend guests . |
7 | ‘ That 's why I 'm always encouraging and looking for opportunities for the team . |
8 | Unfortunately , she was never able really to influence developments in the way that Britain should , by being right in the middle of events , and being seen as a joint , willing partner in Europe — not a country that is always ducking and diving and looking for ways of putting party and even narrow national interests before those of the wider European concept . |
9 | All the signs are that somewhere there is a warehouse full of unwanted red-blue 3D specs , going cheap and looking for an alternative use . |
10 | Slightly insane and looking for a good laugh ? |