Example sentences of "[adv] looking for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In nature small fish are constantly looking for food , and will eat small amounts whenever they find them . |
| 2 | Thus Anderson may have been more prophetic than was realized at the time ( Earley 1988:61 ) : Parents are basically looking for reassurance about their children 's schools and teachers . |
| 3 | If all that does n't stop the person , they are obviously looking for trouble of some sort and you must quickly decide whether to lash out first or run for safety . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's just not possible for me to pack a briefcase and go and stay in a Hilton somewhere looking for business and agents . |
| 5 | The Duchess was desperately looking for help . |
| 6 | It is desperately looking for advice , help or just moral support from museums and institutions in the west . |
| 7 | Two days later , after a peaceful voyage , we disembarked at Calais — a dreadful place , England 's last foothold in France , nothing more than a glorified fortress packed with men-at-arms and archers , who staggered the streets in their boiled leather jerkins , drinking in the many ale houses and generally looking for trouble . |
| 8 | I said to her you 'll just looking for fault all the time you are I said that 's |
| 9 | So RE needs to attend to encouraging pupils consciously to get beyond just looking for information or entertainment and see that there is a quite different way of looking at things . |
| 10 | We are not just looking for tax disc dodgers , we are looking for insurance offences , or MOT offences and the condition of vehicles . ’ |
| 11 | GUITARIST with good vocals , professional and versatile , ex-name , preferably looking for name band . |
| 12 | I found it difficult to follow their chatter ( you know old Shallot , nosy as hell and always looking for mischief ) , but they seemed most concerned about Lady Francesca 's health . |
| 13 | He was always looking for work , ’ one said . |
| 14 | At the moment it is still looking for funding from private and public sources ; the Netherlands has provided an initial grant of US$1.5 million . |
| 15 | ‘ No , I 'm still looking for work . |
| 16 | We 're still looking for balance and the injuries we 've had have n't helped . ’ |
| 17 | Meanwhile the ethereal life of Ranveer , Bubbles and Socks , an unworldly trio who react in a childlike way to every sling and arrow as if permanently looking for Nanny , starts to unravel when a new administrator takes over the game park with thinly veiled hostility towards his country 's nobility . |
| 18 | DETECTIVES were yesterday looking for Animal Rights extremists who planted a firebomb under a huntswoman 's car . |
| 19 | And they 're also looking for progress too , they want to increase |
| 20 | She/he is also looking for initiative and indications that you have given some thought to what the job will involve . |
| 21 | You 're also looking for value for money . |
| 22 | Franca said , ‘ Yes , yes , ’ and ran into the other room and started frantically looking for pen and paper . |
| 23 | We have an Amstrad DMP 3160 printer , which seems fine to me , but occasionally I could do with some fancy fonts and am I really looking for DTP ? |
| 24 | Criticised for making so many alterations since becoming manager , Taylor is now looking for stability . |
| 25 | Almost three quarters of married women are now looking for work , 21 per cent more than in the early 70s when mum 's prime concern was caring for her children . |
| 26 | However , when this becomes a driver we are often looking for attention when we are doing something . |
| 27 | particularly looking for work from that particular |
| 28 | Newly formed cooperatives are particularly looking for forage , livestock handling , grain drilling and grain drying equipment , ’ he says . |
| 29 | If we regard our guide as simply looking for advice as to what moral rules are correct , unrelated to a particular decision which he is called upon to make or to a particular situation in which he is involved then it will be impartiality of the first and last types which are particularly relevant : that is , the formal requirement that legislation is to be universalised , and the material requirement that the decisions made are based on a consideration of all relevant factors . |
| 30 | Apart from Lee messing with it Jack could go up again looking for Caspar . |