Example sentences of "[vb pp] looking [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had heard reports of a pirate ship in Black Hill Cove and had come looking for the pirates . |
| 2 | This time it was an inspector I who had come looking for the wing commander , his sergeant and his constable . |
| 3 | I should have stopped looking at the pictures then , when past and present had clashed in my mind and made no meaning , but I went on . |
| 4 | I 'd also stopped looking at the sculpture . |
| 5 | What 's called looking on the Brightside . |
| 6 | The steward closed the door behind him and our shadows danced against the wall as we stood transfixed looking at the coffin lid , half-expecting it to be pushed aside and the corpse to rise and step out . |
| 7 | Too much energy can be spent looking for the perfect idea when being pragmatic and settling for a satisfactory solution is best . |
| 8 | At one moment Beveridge can be found looking to the exchanges for the ‘ discouragement ’ of ‘ blind-alley ’ work , but he also warned against starting out with ‘ the idea of rigidly prescribing all but the best employments … |
| 9 | If Nellie had n't gone looking for the children … |
| 10 | I 've bothered , I 've gone looking for the child inside myself . |
| 11 | Soon after my release from the old jail I 'd gone looking for the creche in which the Organisation for Working Danuese Women had made its home . |
| 12 | The comedian Spike Milligan held forth about God , Diana gave a priceless diamond and pearl necklace to a friend to look after while she danced ; while the Queen was observed looking through the programme and saying in bemused tones : ‘ It says here they have live music ’ , as though it had just been invented . |
| 13 | Evening rush-hour traffic in Liverpool city centre was halted during the alert , in which the gunman was spotted looking through the sights at potential targets . |
| 14 | When he had finished looking in the mirror to put in his buttonhole rose , it was time to go . |
| 15 | In turn this has resulted in the need to develop explanations to justify why younger people have ceased looking after the needs of their elderly relatives . |
| 16 | Male contacts of women with trichomonal vaginitis can be shown to harbour the organism in a certain proportion of cases , and this proportion can be increased if extra care and time is taken looking for the protozoon . |
| 17 | I did n't know how long I 'd wasted looking for the compass or how long I 'd knelt in capitulation . |
| 18 | Ferried looking for the foreign boys wherever they turn up . |