Example sentences of "[pers pn] come looking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I beg your pardon for intruding , ’ she said , ‘ but I came looking for someone to serve me with petrol and I heard your voices and then what you said about Brownies . ’ |
| 2 | So anyway , I came looking for you . |
| 3 | ‘ I came looking for Brenda Blond . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It was kind of you to come looking for me , anyway , ’ said Twoflower . |
| 5 | Did you plan that little interlude before you came looking for me , just as you planned what happened this afternoon ? ’ |
| 6 | She was surprised by the extent of Sue 's gratitude , when she came looking for them the following evening . |
| 7 | You come looking for a fight — and you 're going to get one . |
| 8 | ‘ She never knew ’ , said Gran , ‘ that Jake 'd leave him to come looking for her , and ne'er see him grown . |
| 9 | Every day they came looking for me . |
| 10 | When the Government closed two settlement camps near Cirencester in the early sixties , it was here they came looking for jobs . |
| 11 | It means I must leave the doors unlocked , but that 's less risk than having him come looking for me within the quarter-hour , as he surely would . ’ |
| 12 | If they come looking for us with tusk and fang you 'd better be ready with that Winchester peashooter of yours . " |
| 13 | If you had any sense at all you would start back now before they come looking for us . ’ |
| 14 | We had only really talked to Mr Postman on the regular occasions — Dusshera , Diwali , Christmas , New Year — that he came looking for tips , but were flattered by the invitation and out of curiosity decided to take it up . |