Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] to look for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once they 'd done with our , figures and our faces then we 'd got to look for our innards and so we had had to have inner cleanliness . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd stayed to look for the aristocratic drop-out . |
| 3 | Drew had never been extravagant , but he could n't see the point of parsimony for parsimony 's sake , so he had decided to look for a patron , some ignoramus who would pay him a long salary to coach him and look after his ponies . |
| 4 | I said no , it was just that before we went to bed last night , Aunt Kit had decided to look for her money . |
| 5 | Christine and Tony had decided to look for a girl of about 2 , since they felt a baby would be too much to cope with and a 2- year-old could accompany Christine to nursery school . |
| 6 | He had gone to look for wood . |
| 7 | She had started to look for another job , as it seemed that it would be possible to sell the shop within the next few weeks . |
| 8 | Hofmeyr was certain that the mother had returned to look for her calf and associated him with its disappearance . |