Example sentences of "[adv] looking for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merely looking for a person is not an assault : Arobieke [ 1988 ] Crim LR 314 ( CA ) . |
| 2 | that and so on , erm , erm , I , it would be nice in fact if the er Ipswich evening tabloid which gave us prominence to this rule er would give just a little space to er this latest development , erm but I would like to , not being excessively caracole I mean reading this document I do feel a slight er switch on your comments on er Pipers Vale , er which you note , there are no er nationally er or er common species which sounds as though you have designs on it , erm I , I wonder if this would be the place to ask you , you know , to make some sort of statement about Pipers Vale , you know that we are basically looking for a route which does not touch on Pipers Vale |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm only looking for a taxi . ’ |
| 4 | And you only have to see a police uniform through the door to feel racked with guilt , even though you 've done nothing wrong and he 's only looking for a lost cat . |
| 5 | I do find that most people who come out here on short contracts are only looking for a paid holiday . |
| 6 | Financially troubled Sequoia Systems Inc says it is no longer looking for a buyer — it did n't get any acceptable offers in the first place — and is talking to minority investor Hewlett-Packard Co about new funding to get development its PA-RISC-based fault tolerant machines back on the tracks . |
| 7 | Financially troubled Marlborough , Massachusetts-based Sequoia Systems Inc says it is no longer looking for a buyer — it did n't get any acceptable offers in the first place — and is talking to minority investor Hewlett-Packard Co about new funding to get development its Precision Architecture RISC-based fault-tolerant machines back on the tracks : Hewlett has hitherto seemed doubtful about further involvement . |
| 8 | However , at the time that Penrose produced his theorem , I was a research student desperately looking for a problem with which to complete my Ph.D . |
| 9 | Manager Graeme Souness takes his squad across the Mersey to Tranmere tonight looking for a confidence-boosting display before the weekend showdown with Howard Wilkinson 's champions . |
| 10 | We were n't charged anything for the food , so we were there as guests , although everybody else was working but we was given the most comfortable er room to stay , so it , there were quite a few people living there because of this reason , that er people coming from outside looking for a job , they would automatically er obtain the accommodation without being charged for it . |
| 11 | You 're not just looking for a brother . |
| 12 | Without thinking , I said , ‘ No thanks , I 'm just looking for a man . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But then right at that time Mick Fleetwood came into the studio , just looking for a studio to use , and happened to hear a song from the Buckingham Nicks album , which was just being used to showcase the room . |
| 14 | If you are just starting out again on a career or even just looking for a ‘ job ’ , the next exercise is to help you . |
| 15 | We were just looking for a suitable warren to send our ferrets down to flush out the occupants . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't you realize I 'd be a target for all the men living in World 's End who are just looking for a loose woman to amuse themselves with ? ’ |
| 17 | " She 's right , " the maid grinned , " you are just looking for a body to practise on . " |
| 18 | No , it 's okay er , just carry on cos I 'm just looking for a piece of paper to write it on . |
| 19 | I was just looking for a reference |
| 20 | But with a list price of around £1,500 , it may be a tad too expensive if you 're just looking for a reliable workhorse. 300dpi printers are good enough for churning out letters , reports and the odd graphic , and do a lot less damage to your wallet . |
| 21 | You 're just looking for a date of today . |
| 22 | ‘ I guess I threw myself at you because of everything that had happened between Jonathan and myself ; I guess I was just looking for a diversion and you happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 23 | Yeah I was just looking for a memory jogger here , I just could n't remember what it was |
| 24 | people are just looking for a diversion so erm |
| 25 | Just looking for a solution to the problem that 's all ! |
| 26 | We started off just looking for a few cuddly toys and a few pounds to send them across to the folk in Roumania because we were all very touched by the need of the children there . |
| 27 | The club say they are already looking for a replacement . |
| 28 | 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 ’ . |
| 29 | Erm , then we all just worked at getting pieces out on paper , all that was going fine , and then I assigned two more people to stick all the pieces together and trying to create sentences from it , and I think the only time that I , we lost it was like , right at the end we were like looking for a few words to make our sentences make sense . |
| 30 | You 're always looking for a four on a par-5 , but at that stage you 'd take it as long as your main opposition has n't gone away . |